Papallacta tree frog

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Papallacta tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species:
H. psarolaimus
Binomial name
Hyloscirtus psarolaimus
(Duellman and Hillis, 1990)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla psarolaima Duellman and Hillis, 1990
  • Hyloscirtus psarolaimus Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
  • Boana psarolaima Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005
  • Colomascirtus psarolaimus Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016

The Papallacta tree frog (Hyloscirtus psarolaimus) is a frog. It lives on the east site of the Cordillera Oriental in Colombia and Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 1950 and 2660 meters above sea level.[2][1][3]

The adult male frog is about 55.0 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 60.2 mm long. The skin on the frog's back is gray-brown in color with brown and white spots. The sides and parts of the legs are white with dark brown stripes. The throat and belly are gray-white with brown and gray spots. The iris of the eye is the color of bronze with black lines in it.[1]

This frog's scientific name comes from the Greek language word psaros for "mottled" and laimos for "throat." It comes from the colors on the frog's throat.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Luis A. Coloma; Caty Frenkel; Santiago R. Ron; Nadia Páez-Rosales (June 17, 2006). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Hyloscirtus psarolaimus". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus psarolaimus (Duellman and Hillis, 1990)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55612A85902687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T55612A85902687.en. 55617. Retrieved October 18, 2022.