Hyloscirtus chlorosteus
species of amphibian
The Parjacti tree frog (Hyloscirtus chlorosteus) is a frog. It lives in Bolivia. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place, 2044 meters above sea level.[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. chlorosteus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyloscirtus chlorosteus (Reynolds and Foster, 1992)
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One male frog was about 39.7 mm long from nose to rear end. Scientists found it sitting on a doorknob.
This frog has brown skin and green bones. The belly are chin are whitish to gold in color, and shiny. There is some pink color toward the rear end. This frog has no chin gland. It has disks on its toes for climbing.[4]
This frog's scientific name comes from the Greek language word for "green bones."
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hyloscirtus chlorosteus (Reynolds & Foster, 1992)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus chlorosteus (Reynolds and Foster, 1992)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Parjacti Treefrog: Hyloscirtus chlorosteus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55446A154331598. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55446A154331598.en. S2CID 243060235. 55446. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
- ↑ Robert P. Reynolds; Mercedes S. Foster (1992). "Four New Species of Frogs and One New Species of Snake from the Chapare Region of Bolivia, with Notes on Other Species". Herpetological Monographs. 6: 83–104. doi:10.2307/1466963. JSTOR 1466963. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
