Hyloscirtus condor

The Hyloscirtus condor is a frog. It lives in Ecuador. Scientists have seen in exactly one place, 2317 meters above sea level in the Reserva Biológica Cerro Plateado.[1][2][3]

Hyloscirtus condor
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species:
H. condor
Binomial name
Hyloscirtus condor
(Almendáriz, Brito-M., Batallas-R., and Ron, 2014)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hyloscirtus condor Almendáriz C., Brito-M., Batallas-Revelo, and Ron, 2014
  • Colomascirtus condor Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016
  • Hyloscirtus condor Rojas-Runjaic, Infante-Rivero, Salerno, and Meza-Joya, 2018

The adult male frog is 64.83–73.83 long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back is brown with orange spots. The belly is gray. The iris of the eye is gold in color, with lines.[2]

The scientists named the frog after the place where they found it: the Cordillera del Cóndor mountains.[2]

First paper

  • Almendariz A; Brito J; Batallas D; Ron S (2014). "Una especie nueva de rana arborea del genero Hyloscirtus (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) de la Cordilla del Condor. Pap Avulsos". Zool SP. 54: 33–49.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hyloscirtus condor Almendáriz, Brito-M., Batallas-R., and Ron, 2014". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ana Almendáriz (May 17, 2014). Santiago R. Ron (ed.). "Hyloscirtus condor Almendáriz, Brito-M., Batallas-R. & Ron, 2014". AmphibiaWeb (in español). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Hyloscirtus condor". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T150088903A150088908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T150088903A150088908.en. S2CID 241864394. 150088903. Retrieved October 31, 2022.