Osteocephalus duellmani

species of amphibian

Osteocephalus duellmani is a frog in the family Hylidae. It lives in Ecuador. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Cordillera del Cóndor. This was 1910 meters above sea level.[1][2]

Osteocephalus duellmani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteocephalus
Species:
O. duellmani
Binomial name
Osteocephalus duellmani
(Jungfer, 2011)

At least one adult male frog was 48.1 mm long from nose to rear end.[2]

This frog lives in cloud forests where the trees grow close together and there is water in the air. The scientists who caught the frog saw smaller plants growing on the trees and the trees were covered in moss.[2]

First paper

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  • Jungfer K-H (2011). "A new tree frog of the genus Osteocephalus from high altitudes in the Cordillera del Condor, Ecuador (Amphibia:Anura:Hylidae)". Herpt J. 21: 247–253.

References

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  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Osteocephalus duellmani Jungfer, 2011". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Diego A. Ortiz; Santiago R. Ron (February 4, 2013). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Osteocephalus duellmani". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 22, 2022.