Hyloscirtus mashpi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Hyloscirtus |
Species: | H. mashpi
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Binomial name | |
Hyloscirtus mashpi (Guayasamin, Rivera-Correa, Arteaga-Navarro, Culebras, Bustamante, Pyron, Peñafiel, Morochz, and Hutter, 2015)
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The Mashpi stream tree frog (Hyloscirtus mashpi) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 778 and 1279 meters above sea level. It lives on the west side of the Andes Mountains. It lives in cloud forests.[2][1][3]
The adult male frog is about 28.7-33.8 mm long from nose to rear end. The adult female frog is about 37.0-38.5 mm long. The skin of the adult male frog's back is light green-yellow with a brown line down the middle. The skin of the adult female frog's back is light brown with a dark brown line down the middle. The iris of the eye is brown in color with black lines in it. The webbed skin between the toes is yellow-green in color. The bones are white in color.[1][4]
Scientists named this frog after the Reserva de Biodiversidad Mashpi, where it lives.[1][4]
The scientists found many frogs in the same places. They think the frogs can resist disease.[4]