Hyloscirtus criptico

Hyloscirtus criptico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species:
H. criptico
Binomial name
Hyloscirtus criptico
(Coloma, Carvajal-Endara, Dueñas, Paredes-Recalde, Morales-Mite, Almeida-Reinoso, Tapia, Hutter, Toral-Contreras, and Guayasamin, 2012)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla criptico Coloma, Carvajal-Endara, Dueñas, Paredes-Recalde, Morales-Mite, Almeida-Reinoso, Tapia, Hutter, Toral-Contreras, and Guayasamin, 2012
  • Colomascirtus criptico Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016
  • Hyloscirtus criptico Rojas-Runjaic, Infante-Rivero, Salerno, and Meza-Joya, 2018

The cryptic torrenteer (Hyloscirtus criptico) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador. Scientists have seen it 2175 to 2794 meters above sea level. It lives in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes Mountains. It lives in cloud forests.[2][1][3][4]

The adult male frog is about 60.90 - 64.88 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 60.8 - 72.0 mm long. The male frog has a dark belly and the female frog has a lighter belly. The skin of the frog's backis dark brown with small spots of white or orange. There are dark brown stripes on the legs. There is a light colored area near the rear end. The iris of the eye is gray in color.[1]

The scientists named this frog criptico or "cryptic," or "strange." This is because they at first thought the frogs they caught were Hyloscirtus larinopygion.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Diego A. Ortiz (January 26, 2013). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Hyloscirtus criptico Coloma, Carvajal-Endara, Dueñas, Paredes-Recalde, Morales-Mite, Almeida-Reinoso, Tapia, Hutter, Toral-Contreras, and Guayasamin, 2012". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus criptico Coloma, Carvajal-Endara, Dueñas, Paredes-Recalde, Morales-Mite, Almeida-Reinoso, Tapia, Hutter, Toral-Contreras, and Guayasamin, 2012". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  3. ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cryptic Torrenteer: Hyloscirtus criptico". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T78965851A176498096. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T78965851A176498096.en. 78965851. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ Coloma LA, Carvajal-Endara S, Duenas JF, Paredes-Recalde A, Morales-Mite M, Almeida-Reinoso D, Tapia EE, Hutter CR, Toral E, Guaysamin JM (2012). "Molecular phylogenetics of stream treefrogs of the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group (Anura: Hylidae) and description of two new species from Ecuador". Zootaxa (Abstract). 3364: 1–78. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3364.1.1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)