Veragua cross-banded tree frog
| Veragua cross-banded tree frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Smilisca |
| Species: | S. sordida |
| Binomial name | |
| Smilisca sordida (Peters, 1863) | |
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The Veragua cross-banded treefrog or drab treefrog (Smilisca sordida) is a frog that lives in Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia. Scientists have seen it as high in the hills as 1525 meters above sea level.[3][1]
The adult male frog is 36.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 56.3 mm long. They have gray-brown skin on the back and a lighter belly. It has purple skin where the legs meet the body. They have light marks over their eyes and stripes on their legs.[1]
This frog lives near streams and rivers in forests. They lay eggs at the time of year when the streams are not so deep.[1]
The tadpoles are 3.2 cm long. They live at the bottom of the stream and hold onto the rocks with their mouths.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Anna Doty (November 17, 2007). "Smilisca sordida: Drab Treefrog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Smilisca sordida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T56011A54349053. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T56011A54349053.en. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Smilisca phaeota (Peters, 1863)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved February 11, 2021.