Dendropsophus reticulatus

species of amphibian

The reticulated tree frog (Dendropsophus reticulatus) is a frog that lives in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.[1] Scientists have seen this frog between 40 and 1037 meters above sea level.[2]

Dendropsophus reticulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dendropsophus
Species:
D. reticulatus
Binomial name
Dendropsophus reticulatus
(Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hyla reticulata (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)
  • Hyla reticulata (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Hyla membranacea (Andersson, 1945)
  • Hyla laynei (Goin, 1957)
  • Dendropsophus reticulatus (Caminer, Milá, Jansen, Fouquet, Venegas, Chávez, Lougheed, and Ron, 2017)

The adult male frog is 20 to 29.6 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 28 to 39.7 mm long. The males sing for females near temporary or permanent bodies of water. The females lay eggs all year. They lay eggs on the tops of leaves about 30 cm over the water. When the tadpoles hatch, they fall into the water.[2]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Dendropsophus reticulatus (Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Santiago R. Ron; Morley Read; Fernando Ayala-Varela (February 23, 2012). "Reticulated Tree Frog: Dendropsophus reticulatus" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved April 25, 2021.