Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei

Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species:
H. sethmacfarlanei
Binomial name
Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei
(Reyes-Puig, Recalde, Recalde, Koch, Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, Jost, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2022)

Seth MacFarlane's torrent frog (Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador in forests. Scientists have seen it in the Machay Reserve on Cerro Mayordomo. Scientists saw it 2970 meters above sea level.[1][2]

The adult female frog is about 72 mm long from nose to rear end.[2] Adult frogs are black with orange or red spots. Young frogs are yellow.[3][4]

Scientists saw this frog sitting in bromeliad plants 60 - 90 cm over the forest floor.[2]

This frog has poison on its skin. The scientists believes this is so other animals that want to eat it will be sick if they try to eat it. Or it may make the frog taste bad. They think the frog's colors warn animals that the poison is there. When human beings touched the frog, their skin hurt for hours.[3][4]

The scientists named this frog after television writer Seth MacFarlane.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei Reyes-Puig, Recalde, Recalde, Koch, Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, Jost, and Yánez-Muñoz, 2022". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Poulette K. Paredes (September 29, 2022). "Hyloscirtus sethmacfarlanei Rivera-Correa & Faivovich, 2013". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Liz Kimbrough (October 10, 2022). "Toxic new frog species from Ecuador named after Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane". Mongabay. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Reyes-Puig, J. P.; Recalde, D.; Recalde, F.; Koch, C.; Guayasamin, J. M.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. F.; Jost, L.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. H. (2022). "A spectacular new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura: Hylidae) from the Cordillera de Los Llanganates in the eastern Andes of Ecuador". PeerJ (full text). 10: e14066. doi:10.7717/peerj.14066. PMC 9527025. PMID 36196397. Retrieved February 19, 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)