Chaco tree frog explained

The Chaco tree frog (Boana raniceps) is a frog species in the family Hylidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, and Venezuela.^[1]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests.

These organisms are considered general predators, meaning that they feed on a wide range of prey.^[2]   They catch their prey using a sit-and-wait foraging technique.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2013 . Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference . American Museum of Natural History . 5 May 2013.
2. Machado . Heitor Tavares de Sousa . Silva . Cristiana Ferreira da . Benício . Ronildo Alves . Ávila . Robson Waldemar . 2023-09-20 . Feeding ecology, reproductive biology, and sexual dimorphism of Boana raniceps (Anura: Hylidae) in an area of Caatinga, northeastern Brazil . Caldasia . 46 . 1 . 71–80 . 10.15446/caldasia.v46n1.99220 . 2357-3759. free .
3. Cavalheri, D.G., Nehemy, I.K., Cavalcante, K., Carrillo, J.F., & Santana, D.J. (2023). PREDATION OF Dryophylax chaquensis (SERPENTES: DIPSADIDAE) UPON Elachistocleis matogrosso AND Boana raniceps (ANURA). Acta Biológica Colombiana.
4. Assunção Rodrigues, N. L., Castro Araújo, K., Ávila, R. W., & de Andrade, E. B. (2023). Feeding habits of Boana raniceps (Cope, 1862) in three mountains of Brazilian semiarid. Universitas Scientiarum, 28(2), 257–277. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.SC282.fhob They tend to hunt high above the ground in the trees.^[3]

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