Osteocephalus deridens
| Osteocephalus deridens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Osteocephalus |
| Species: | O. deridens
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| Binomial name | |
| Osteocephalus deridens (Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000)
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The Osteocephalus deridens is a frog in the family Hylidae. It lives in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Colombia. Scientists have seen it between 250 and 600 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]
The adult male frog is 28.8–34.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 43.7–50.6 mm long. This is a medium-sized frog the color of coffee (brown). It has a cream-colored (white) mark under each eye. The belly is cream-white. The bones of the feet are green in color, and a human can see them through the skin.[1]
This frog moves at night. The male frogs sit on bromeliad plants about 5 m above the ground and sing. They live in forests with firm ground. The female frog lays eggs in bromeliad plants. Scientists think she comes back to the same plant and lays more eggs for the tadpoles to eat.[1]
Scientists gave this frog the name deridere for the Latin word for "laughing" because the male frogs sound as if they are laughing.[1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Morley Read; Santiago R. Ron (October 13, 2011). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Osteocephalus deridens". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Rana de Casco Burlona: Osteocephalus deridens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55791A61403291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55791A61403291.en. 55791. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Osteocephalus deridens Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
