Rivero's Amazon tree frog
species of amphibian
(Redirected from Dendropsophus riveroi)
Rivero's Amazon tree frog (Dendropsophus riveroi) is a frog that lives in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Scientists have seen it between 100 and 350 meters above sea level.[3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dendropsophus |
| Species: | D. riveroi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendropsophus riveroi (Cochran and Goin, 1970)
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The adult male frog is 19 to 20 mm long from nose to rear end. The adult female frog is 22 to 23 mm long.
This frog comes in many colors, from brown to yellow to whitish. They often have two or three marks behind each eye.[1]
This frog is named after Juan Rivero, a amphibian scientist from Puerto Rico who helped show that it is its own species.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Morley Read; Santiago R. Ron (February 17, 2012). "Rivero's Amazon Tree Frog: Dendropsophus riveroi" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ↑ Claudia Azevedo-Ramos; Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron; Diego Cisneros-Heredia; Javier Icochea; Ariadne Angulo; Marinus Hoogmoed (2004). "Rivero's Amazon Tree Frog: Dendropsophus riveroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55626A11342961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55626A11342961.en. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dendropsophus riveroi (Cochran and Goin, 1970)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
