Hyloxalus utcubambensis

species of amphibian

Hyloxalus utcubambensis is a frog. It lives in Peru.[2][3][1]

Hyloxalus utcubambensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Hyloxalus
Species:
H. utcubambensis
Binomial name
Hyloxalus utcubambensis
(Morales, 1994)
Synonyms[2]
  • Colostethus utcubambensis Morales, 1994
  • Hyloxalus utcubambensis Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006

Scientists do not know much about this frog. They found it in exactly one place. Scientists saw this frog for the first time in a cloud forest in Peru. This place is 2,391 meters above sea level.[1][2]

Danger

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Scientists do not know if this frog is in danger of dying out. If it is in danger, it is because people change the places where the frog lives to make farms for coffee and tea.[1]

Scientists do not know if human beings catch this frog to sell as a pet, but they know that people do catch other frogs in Hyloxalus to sell as pets because they are so beautiful.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Hyloxalus utcubambensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55162A89200371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T55162A89200371.en. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloxalus utcubambensis (Morales, 1994)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  3. "Hyloxalus maquipucuna (Morales, 1994)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 9, 2024.