Ecuador slender-legged tree frog

The Ecuador slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus verruciger) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Colombia and Ecuador.[3] 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.

Ecuador slender-legged tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteocephalus
Species:
O. verruciger
Binomial name
Osteocephalus verruciger
(Werner, 1901)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla verrucigera Werner, 1901
  • Hyla riopastazae Andersson, 1945
  • Hyla orcesi Funkhouser, 1956
  • Osteocephalus orcesi Cochran and Goin, 1970
  • Osteocephalus verrucigerus Trueb and Duellman, 1970
  • Osteocephalus verruciger Duellman, 1985

The adult male frog measures 44.3–53.9 mm long in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 45.5–70.0 mm. The male frog has olive colored dorsal skin and the female frog dark brown. The groin and the upper front legs are dark brown. There is dark red-brown color on the feet. The throat is cream in color. The belly is red-bronze in color with dark brown marks.[4]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Osteocephalus verruciger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55804A61404526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55804A61404526.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Osteocephalus verruciger (Werner, 1901)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  3. Halliday, Tim (2016-01-29). The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-18465-4.
  4. Morley Read; Santiago R. Ron (September 2, 2011). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Osteocephalus verruciger". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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