El Pepino tree frog

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El Pepino tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species:
H. torrenticola
Binomial name
Hyloscirtus torrenticola
(Duellman and Altig, 1978)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla torrenticola Duellman and Altig, 1978
  • Hyloscirtus torrenticola Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
  • Boana torrenticola Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005

The El Pepino tree frog (Hyloscirtus torrenticola) is a frog. It lives in Colombia and Ecuador between 740 and 1700 meters above sea level. It lives on the eastern side of the Andes mountains.[2][1][3]

The adult male frog is 31.5–35.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 34.9 mm long. The skin on its back is green. The skin on its belly is white.[1]

This frog moves at night. It lives in rainy forests and cloud forests on mountains. Scientists think this frog lays eggs in streams because other frogs in Hyloscritus lay eggs in streams.[1]

The scientific name of this frog comes from Latin for "lives in fast-moving water."[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Morley Read; Santiago Ron (September 26, 2009). Santiago Ron (ed.). "Hyloscirtus torrenticola". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus torrenticola (Duellman and Altig, 1978)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "El Pepino Treefrog: Hyloscirtus torrenticola". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55678A85903935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T55678A85903935.en. 55678. Retrieved October 10, 2022.