Pilalo tree frog
The Pilalo tree frog (Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus) is a frog. It lives near Pilaló in Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 2300 and 2600 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. ptychodactylus
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| Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus (Duellman and Hillis, 1990)
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The adult male frog is about 65.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 77.3 mm long. This frog can be orange-brown or red-brown in color. It can have large or small black spots. Its sides and parts of the legs have yellow and black stripes. The belly is black. There can be white spots on the throat. The iris of the eye is light blue.[1]
This frog lives in cloud forests. It moves at night, but people have heard it singing during the day. This frog lays eggs in streams.[1]
This frog's scientific name comes from the Greek language words ptychos, which is "fold," and dactylus, which is "finger."[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Read Morley; Santiago R. Ron; Nadia Páez-Rosales (January 28, 2017). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus (Duellman and Hillis, 1990)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Rio Chingual Valley Treefrog: Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55617A98648365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T55617A98648365.en. 55617. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
