Buckley's slender-legged tree frog
| Buckley's slender-legged tree frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Osteocephalus |
| Species: | O. buckleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Osteocephalus buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyla buckleyi Boulenger, 1882 | |
Buckley's slender-legged tree frog, Osteocephalus buckleyi, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found along the periphery of the Amazon Basin in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, northeastern Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, and also in the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela.[1][2][3][4] It is probably a species complex.[2][3][4] Some sources treat Osteocephalus vilmae from Ecuador and Peru as a valid species.[3]
Description
Males measure 38–45 mm (1.5–1.8 in) and females 40–51 mm (1.6–2.0 in) in snout–vent length. The dorsum is pale green with dark blotches. A yellow of coffee colored medial vertebral stripe yellow might be present. The flanks vary from cream to light brown with darker spots that can approach black. In males, the dorsal skin has a mixture of small and large tubercles with keratinized points, whereas in adult females the dorsal tubercles are very dispersed. The head is almost as long as wide; the snout is truncated. The finger disks are expanded.[3]
Habitat and conservation
Natural habitats of Osteocephalus buckleyi are old and second growth rainforests[1] and forest edges.[3] It occurs at elevations below 700 m (2,300 ft) above sea level[2][3] (below 1,660 m (5,450 ft) m in Colombia).[4] Reproduction takes place in narrow permanent waterbodies (streams and igarapés). It can locally be threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 La Marca, E., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Coloma, L.A. & Ron, S. (2004). "Osteocephalus buckleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T55789A11356485. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Osteocephalus buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ron, S. R., Read, M. and Ortiz, D. A. (2013). "Osteocephalus buckleyi". Ron, S. R., Guayasamin, J. M., Yanez-Muñoz, M. H., Merino-Viteri, A., Ortiz, D. A. and Nicolalde, D. A. 2016. AmphibiaWebEcuador. Version 2016.0. Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCAZ). Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 Acosta Galvis, A. R. & D. Cuentas (2016). "Osteocephalus buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
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