Red-skirted 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: | Dendropsophus |
| Species: | D. rhodopeplus
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| Dendropsophus rhodopeplus (Günther, 1858)
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The red-skirted tree frog (Dendropsophus rhodopeplus) is a frog that lives in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil. Scientists have seen it as high as 1200 meters above sea level.[3][1]
This frog is yellow and dark red in color. The adult male frog is 15.34 to 25.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 26.8 to 27.7 mm long. It lays eggs whenever the weather is good for laying eggs.[1]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Morley Read; Santiago R. Ron (February 14, 2012). "Red-skirted Tree Frog: Dendropsophus rhodopeplus" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ↑ Javier Icochea; Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron; Ariadne Angulo; Marinus Hoogmoed (2004). "Red-skirted Tree Frog: Dendropsophus rhodopeplus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55625A11342714. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55625A11342714.en. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dendropsophus rhodopeplus (Günther, 1858)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
