Ecuador slender-legged tree frog
| Ecuador slender-legged tree frog | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Osteocephalus |
| Species: | O. verruciger |
| Binomial name | |
| Osteocephalus verruciger (Werner, 1901) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Hyla orcesi Funkhouser, 1956 and Hyla riopastazae Andersson, 1945 | |
The Ecuador slender-legged tree frog, Osteocephalus verruciger, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests.
References
- Angulo, A., Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Jungfer, K.-H., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Castro, F. & Rueda, J.V. 2004. Osteocephalus verruciger. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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