Benitez's tree frog (''Boana benitezi'') is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the family

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and s ...

. It is found in the western part of

Guyana Highlands The Guiana Shield (french: Plateau des Guyanes, Bouclier guyanais; nl, Hoogland van Guyana, Guianaschild; pt, Planalto das Guianas, Escudo das Guianas; es, Escudo guayanés) is one of the three cratons of the South American Plate. It is a 1 ...

in the Amazonas state of Venezuela and in adjacent Brazil. Until 2008, '' Boana tepuiana'' was also included in this taxon. The specific name ''benitezi'' honours

Jaime Benítez Rexach Jaime Benítez Rexach (October 29, 1908 – May 30, 2001) was a Puerto Rican author, academic and politician. He was the longest serving chancellor and the first president of the University of Puerto Rico. Early life Jaime Benítez Rexach was b ...

, the chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, who supported the expedition during which the

holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several ...

was collected.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boana Benitezi benitezi Amphibians of Brazil Amphibians of Venezuela Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1961 Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN