Dendropsophus molitor

Green dotted treefrog
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Dendropsophus
Species:	D. molitor
Binomial name
Dendropsophus molitor (Schmidt, 1857)
Synonyms
Dendropsophus labialis (Peters, 1863)

Dendropsophus molitor is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, known commonly as the green dotted treefrog. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

References[]

• Guarnizo C.E., Amezquita A., Bermingham E. 2009. The relative roles of vicariance versus elevational gradients in the genetic differentiation of the high Andean frog Dendropsophus labialis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 84–92.
• Ramírez Pinilla, M.P.; Osorno-Muñoz, M.; Rueda, J.V.; Amézquita, A.; Ardila-Robayo, M.C. (2004). "Dendropsophus labialis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T55528A11326523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55528A11326523.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.