Ecuador slender-legged tree frog

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Ecuador slender-legged tree frog
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteocephalus
Species:
O. verruciger
Binomial name
Osteocephalus verruciger
(Werner, 1901)
Synonyms

Hyla orcesi Funkhouser, 1956 and Hyla riopastazae Andersson, 1945

The Ecuador slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus verruciger) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Colombia and Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests.

References[]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Osteocephalus verruciger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55804A61404526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55804A61404526.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Halliday, Tim (2016-01-29). The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-18465-4.


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