Hyloscirtus tolkieni
species of amphibian
The Río Negro stream frog (Hyloscirtus tolkieni) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador in the Andes Mountains. Scientists have seen it 3190 meters above sea level.[1][2][3][4]
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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. tolkieni
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| Hyloscirtus tolkieni (Sánchez-Nivicela, Falcón-Reibán, and Cisneros-Heredia, 2023)
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The adult female frog is 64.9 mm long from nose to rear end.[3] It is gray-green in color with yellow and black marks. The iris of the eye is pink and black in color. There are yellow and black spots on the belly and sides too.[1] It has some fringed skin on the front and back toes.[3]
These frogs live in land near streams and rivers. The tadpoles live in cracks in the rocks underwater. The adult frogs move around at night. Scientists saw them on high tree branches not far from the water.[1]
Scientists named this frog after book writer J.R.R. Tolkien.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John Virata (February 16, 2023). "Hyloscirtus tolkieni, A New Stream Frog Species Named After J.R.R. Tolkien". Reptiles Magazine. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus tolkieni Sánchez-Nivicela, Falcón-Reibán, and Cisneros-Heredia, 2023". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 expand article infoJuan C. Sánchez-Nivicela; José M. Falcón-Reibán; Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia (19 January 2023). "A new stream treefrog of the genus Hyloscirtus (Amphibia, Hylidae) from the Río Negro-Sopladora National Park, Ecuador". ZooKeys (full text) (1141): 75–92. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1141.90290. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- ↑ "Hyloscirtus tolkieni Sánchez Nivicela, Falcón & Cisneros-Heredia, 2023". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
