Hyloscirtus bogotensis

Hyloscirtus bogotensis, called Bogota tree frog in English, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Colombia. It has been observed between 1750 and 3600 meters above sea level.[3][1]

Hyloscirtus bogotensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species:
H. bogotensis
Binomial name
Hyloscirtus bogotensis
(Peters, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Hyloscirtus vermiculatus B. Lutz & Ruíz-Carranza, 1977
  • Hyloscirtus bogotensis Peters, 1882,
  • Hylonomus bogotensis Peters, 1882
  • Hyla bogotensis Duellman, 1970
  • Hyloscirtus vermiculatus Lutz and Ruiz-Carranza, 1977
  • Hyloscirtus bogotensis Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
  • Boana bogotensis Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and rivers.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Sources
  1. "Hyloscirtus bogotensis". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Hyloscirtus bogotensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T55418A85899977. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T55418A85899977.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus bogotensis Peters, 1882". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 27, 2022.


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