Linda's tree frog
| Linda's tree frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Hyloscirtus |
| Species: | H. lindae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyloscirtus lindae (Duellman and Altig, 1978)
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Linda's tree frog (Hyloscirtus lindae) is a frog. It lives in Colombia and Ecuador between 2000 and 2500 meters above sea level.[1][2][3]
The adult male frog is 61.12-64.50 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 64.8 mm long. The skin on the frog's back looks almost like metal. The skin of the belly and legs is black in color. This frog has disks on its toes for climbing. The disks are orange in color. The iris of the eye is blue-gray with black marks.[2]
This frog moves at night. It lives in forests, but scientists have seen it in other places too.[2]
Scientists named this frog after frog scientist Linda Trueb.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus lindae (Duellman and Altig, 1978)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Luis A. Coloma; Caty Frenkel; Santiago R. Ron; Nadia Páez-Rosales (May 21, 2015). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Hyloscirtus lindae". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Linda's Treefrog: Hyloscirtus lindae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55540A85901748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T55540A85901748.en. 55540. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
