Hyloscirtus albopunctulatus

species of amphibian

The white-speckled tree frog (Hyloscirtus albopunctulatus) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador, Peru, and part of Colombia.[2][1][3]

Hyloscirtus albopunctulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species:
H. albopunctulatus
Binomial name
Hyloscirtus albopunctulatus
(Boulenger, 1882)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla albopunctulata Boulenger, 1882
  • Hyloscirtus albopunctulatus Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
  • Boana albopunctulata Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005

The adult male frog is about 33 mm long from nose to rear end. This frog is green or red-brown with small dark marks and small white spots. The iris of the eye is white with red lines.[1]

This frog hides during the day and moves around at night. Scientists think it hides in bromeliad plants. The male frog sings for the female frog from under rocks or near arroyos.[1]

The Latin name of this frog means "white spots on its sides."[1]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Santiago R. Ron y Morley Read (August 29, 2012). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Hyloscirtus albopunctulatus". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus albopunctulatus Gallardo, 1964". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Hyloscirtus albopunctulatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55379A85897765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T55379A85897765.en. 55379. Retrieved September 26, 2022.