Hyloscirtus phyllognathus (Medlin, 1941)

Camper, Jeffrey D., Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Ron, Santiago R., Nilsson, Jonas, Arteaga, Alejandro, Knowles, Travis W. & Arbogast, Brian S., 2021, Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador, Check List 17 (3), pp. 729-751 : 734-735

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.729

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B463861E-C70E-2D52-FCB1-522C404FF284

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scientific name

Hyloscirtus phyllognathus (Medlin, 1941)
status

 

Hyloscirtus phyllognathus (Medlin, 1941) View in CoL

Material examined. ECUADOR • 1 tailed juvenile; Napo Province, WWS, in vegetation along a stream; 00.6801°S, 077.6071°W; 1240 m a.s.l.; 17 July 2018; QCAZ 74807 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Identification. This species is medium green with black and white dots dorsally and a yellowish venter. It has a yellow supralabial stripe and a distinctive tympanum.

Habitat. The single individual was found less than 1 m above ground along a stream. It was a metamorph that still had part of its tail.

Remarks. This species is listed as Vulnerable in the Red List of Ecuadorian amphibians ( Ron et al. 2019).

Osteocephalus taurinus (Steindachner, 1862) Material examined. ECUADOR • 1 adult; Napo Prov- ince, WWS; photo voucher AH881 .

Identification. This extremely large treefrog is brown dorsally with a cream venter. There are large finger disks, slight webbing between the fingers and a subarticular tu- bercle on the ventral surfaces of the fingers. The iris is greenish bronze with black reticulations. Males reach 76 mm SVL and females 94 mm SVL.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hylidae

Genus

Hyloscirtus

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