Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria

species of amphibian

Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria is a frog. Scientists have only seen it in one place, in Ecuador. They saw it 500 meters above sea level.[2][3]

Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ecnomiohyla
Species:
E. phantasmagoria
Binomial name
Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria
(Dunn, 1943)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla phantasmagoria (Dunn, 1943)
  • Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)

The adult male frog is 95.0 to 110.0 mm long from nose to rear end. This frog is dark in color, from brown to almost black. This is one of the largest frogs in Hylidae, and the disks on its toes are very large.[3]

This frog lives high in the trees.[3]

This frog's name comes from the Greek word meaning "marvellous and unusual."[3]

References

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  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55597A85902396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55597A85902396.en. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria (Dunn, 1943)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Santiago R. Ron; Gabriela Pazmiño-Armijos (April 1, 2012). "Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria: Fringe-limbed Treefrog". Amphibiaweb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 13, 2022.