Chiasmocleis bicegoi, the Cecilia humming frog or Santa Cecilia humming frog, is a frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Scientists have only collected it with certainty from its type locality, but they believe it to be more widespread.[1][2]
Chiasmocleis bicegoi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Microhylidae |
Genus: | Chiasmocleis |
Species: | C. bicegoi
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Binomial name | |
Chiasmocleis bicegoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
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Scientists used to consider this frog part of Chiasmocleis albopunctata, but it was placed in its own taxon in 2018.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Chiasmocleis bicegoi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
- ^ "Chiasmocleis bicegoi". Amphibiaweb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 12, 2022.