
The tiger-striped tree frog, also called barred monkey frog and barred leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is found in northern South America in the Upper Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, Amazonian Brazil, and the Guianas from southeastern Venezuela to French Guiana. It might represent more than one species.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Barred Monkey Frog being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Phyllomedusa distincta
- Pithecopus hypochondrialis
- Phyllomedusa tetraploidea
- Cruziohyla sylviae
- Pithecopus azureus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Phyllomedusidae
- Genus
- Callimedusa
- Species
- Callimedusa tomopterna
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