Osteocephalus cabrerai

species of amphibian

Osteocephalus cabrerai is a frog in the family Hylidae. It lives in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Scientists think it may also live in French Guiana.[3] Scientists have seen it as high as 250 meters above sea level.[1][2]

Osteocephalus cabrerai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteocephalus
Species:
O. cabrerai
Binomial name
Osteocephalus cabrerai
(Cochran and Goin, 1970)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla cabrerai Cochran and Goin, 1970
  • Osteocephalus cabrerai Duellman and Mendelson, 1995

The adult male frog is 39.7–45.7 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog can be as large as 71.4 mm. The male frogs and female frogs look different. The females have bumps on their skin called granules and the males have bumps on their skin called tubercles. The adult frog is green with bronze and brown spots and stripes. The sides are lighter. The belly is cream colored. There is a light mark above the lip.[1]

Scientists named this frog for Isadore Cabrera. Cabrera caught the first sample of this frog.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Morley Read; Santiago R. Ron (October 14, 2011). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Osteocephalus cabrerai". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Enrique La Marca; Ariadne Angulo; Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron (2004). "Osteocephalus cabrerai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55790A11356745. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55790A11356745.en. 55790. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Osteocephalus cabrerai (Cochran and Goin, 1970)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 11, 2022.