Western Andes tree frog

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Western Andes tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species:
H. sarampiona
Binomial name
Hyloscirtus sarampiona
(Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1982)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla sarampiona Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1982
  • Hyloscirtus sarampiona Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
  • Boana sarampiona Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005

The western Andes tree frog (Hyloscirtus sarampiona) is a frog. It lives in Colombia on the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes Mountains. Scientists have seen it at 2190 meters above sea level.[2][1][3]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Hyloscirtus sarampiona". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus sarampiona (Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1982)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Western Andes Treefrog: Hyloscirtus sarampiona". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55643A85901908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T55643A85901908.en. 55643. Retrieved October 12, 2022.