Hyloscirtus criptico
species of amphibian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
species of amphibian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The cryptic torrenteer (Hyloscirtus criptico) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador. Scientists have seen it 2175 to 2794 meters above sea level. It lives in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes Mountains. It lives in cloud forests.[2][1][3][4]
Hyloscirtus criptico | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Hyloscirtus |
Species: | H. criptico |
Binomial name | |
Hyloscirtus criptico (Coloma, Carvajal-Endara, Dueñas, Paredes-Recalde, Morales-Mite, Almeida-Reinoso, Tapia, Hutter, Toral-Contreras, and Guayasamin, 2012) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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The adult male frog is about 60.90 - 64.88 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 60.8 - 72.0 mm long. The male frog has a dark belly and the female frog has a lighter belly. The skin of the frog's backis dark brown with small spots of white or orange. There are dark brown stripes on the legs. There is a light colored area near the rear end. The iris of the eye is gray in color.[1]
The scientists named this frog criptico or "cryptic," or "strange." This is because they at first thought the frogs they caught were Hyloscirtus larinopygion.[1]
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