Hyloscirtus conscientia

Hyloscirtus conscientia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species:
H. conscientia
Binomial name
Hyloscirtus conscientia
(Yánez-Muñoz, Reyes-Puig, Batallas-R., Broaddus, Urgilés-Merchán, Cisneros-Heredia, and Guayasamin, 2021)

The Chical nubulous stream frog (Hyloscirtus conscientia) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 1495 and 1750 meters above sea level. They think it might live in Colombia too.[1][2]

The adult male frog is about 29.6–33.3 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 34.7 to 40 mm long. Frogs can be different colors, but they are lighter in color on the sides than on the back. They are ususally yellow-green with a brown stripe.[2]

Scientists named thsi frog after the Latin idea conscientia for consciousness.[2][3] An Ecuadorian teenager chose it. She said human beings had to stop these frogs from dying by using less water. Another teenager chose the name "nubular" even though it is not a word in either Spanish or English. It sounds like the Spanish word for "cloudy," and the frog lives in cloudy places.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei Yánez-Muñoz, Reyes-Puig, Batallas-R., Broaddus, Urgilés-Merchán, Cisneros-Heredia, and Guayasamin, 2021". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Poulette K. Paredes (December 21, 2022). "Hyloscirtus conscientia Yánez-Muñoz, Reyes-Puig, Batallas-R., Broaddus, Urgilés-Merchán, Cisneros-Heredia, and Guayasamin, 2021". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yánez-Muñoz MH; JP Reyes-Puig; D Batallas-Revelo; C Broaddus; M Urgilés-Merchán; DF Cisneros-Heredia; JM Guayasamin. (2021). "A new Andean treefrog (Amphibia: Hyloscirtus bogotensis group) from Ecuador: an example of community involvement for conservation". PeerJ (full text). 9: e11914. doi:10.7717/peerj.11914. PMC 8351578. PMID 34434655.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)