El Pepino tree frog
species of amphibian
The El Pepino tree frog (Hyloscirtus torrenticola) is a frog. It lives in Colombia and Ecuador between 740 and 1700 meters above sea level. It lives on the eastern side of the Andes mountains.[2][1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Hyloscirtus |
| Species: | H. torrenticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyloscirtus torrenticola (Duellman and Altig, 1978)
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The adult male frog is 31.5–35.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 34.9 mm long. The skin on its back is green. The skin on its belly is white.[1]
This frog moves at night. It lives in rainy forests and cloud forests on mountains. Scientists think this frog lays eggs in streams because other frogs in Hyloscritus lay eggs in streams.[1]
The scientific name of this frog comes from Latin for "lives in fast-moving water."[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Morley Read; Santiago Ron (September 26, 2009). Santiago Ron (ed.). "Hyloscirtus torrenticola". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus torrenticola (Duellman and Altig, 1978)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "El Pepino Treefrog: Hyloscirtus torrenticola". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55678A85903935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T55678A85903935.en. 55678. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
