Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Boana buriti (Hypsiboas buriti), recorded as Endangered
Boana buriti (Hypsiboas buriti). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Boana buriti

Hypsiboas buriti

Boana buriti is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Hypsiboas buriti
Recorded from
Brazil
Taxonomy
Amphibia · Anura · Hylidae · Boana

The treefrog

Frogs and toads typically begin as aquatic tadpoles, though some families lay eggs on land and hatch as froglets. Skin and eggs both need moisture.

Amphibians need damp skin or water at some point in the life cycle. Habitat loss and chytrid fungus sit behind many of the badges in this class.

Range and habitat

Boana buriti is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.

Eggs and damp skin make amphibians quick to vanish from a drained wetland or a forest stripped of litter.

In crisis

Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.

Boana buriti is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Boana buriti — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1942713. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Boana buriti?
Boana buriti is a treefrog in the family Hylidae (order Anura) — Hypsiboas buriti.
What is the conservation status of Boana buriti?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Hypsiboas buriti. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Boana buriti live?
Boana buriti is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil.
Why is Boana buriti in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Hypsiboas buriti?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Boana buriti a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.