White-black tree frog

White-black tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hypsiboas
Species: H. alboniger
Binomial name
Hypsiboas alboniger
(Nieden, 1923)
Synonyms

Hyla ocapia Andersson, 1938
Hyla zebra Dumeril & Bibron, 1841

The white-black tree frog, Hypsiboas alboniger, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family endemic to Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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