Hosteria La Selva tree frog

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Hosteria La Selva tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dendropsophus
Species:
D. miyatai
Binomial name
Dendropsophus miyatai
(Vigle and Goberdhan-Vigle, 1990)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla miyatai (Vigle and Goberdhan-Vigle, 1990)
  • Dendropsophus miyatai (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)

The Hosteria La Selva tree frog or ranita arbórea de Miyata (Dendropsophus miyatai) is a frog that lives in Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. Scientists have seen it as high as 300 meters above sea level.[3][1]

The adult male frog is 16.3 to 18.1 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 20 to 21 mm long. This frog is bright red in color with some yellow, orange and red spots.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Morley Read; Santiago R. Ron (January 15, 2012). "Hoateria La Selva Tree Frog: Dendropsophus miyatai" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  2. Claudia Azevedo-Ramos; Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron (2004). "Hosteria La Selva Tree Frog: Dendropsophus miyatai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55569A11333154. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55569A11333154.en. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Dendropsophus miyatai (Vigle and Goberdhan-Vigle, 1990)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 12, 2021.