About Boana geographica (Spix, 1824)
Taxonomy
The map tree frog, scientifically named Boana geographica, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.
Geographic Range
It can be found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Natural Habitats
Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, and aquaculture ponds.
Nomenclature
This species was previously classified under the scientific name Hyla geographica. Its common name comes from the reticulated, map-like patterns that appear on its eyelids, also called the palpebrum.
Tadpole Behavior
Black tadpoles of this species gather into dense clusters in ponds and other calm bodies of water.
