| Paulo's lime treefrog | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaenorhynchus |
| Species: | S. pauloalvini |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini Bokermann [fr], 1973 | |
Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini, or Paulo's lime treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil and is known from two locations in Bahia, Itabuna (its type locality) and Una.
Habitat and conservation
Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini lives near on in ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss. It has not been recorded in the area of its type locality after its original description in 1973. However, another population was discovered in Una in 2007.
References
- ^ Peixoto, O.L.; Pimenta, B. (2004). "Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T56018A11409979. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56018A11409979.en.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini Bokermann, 1973". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Freitas, Marco Antonio de; Silva, Thais Figueiredo Santos; Loebmann, Daniel (1 April 2009). "Amphibia, Hylidae, Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini Bokermann, 1973: distribution extension and rediscovery in nature". Check List. 5 (2): 200–201. doi:10.15560/5.2.200.
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| Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini | |
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