Pacific lowland tree frog

The Pacific lowland tree frog (Dendropsophus gryllatus) is a frog that lives in northwestern Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 200 and 500 meters above sea level.[3][1]

Pacific lowland tree frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dendropsophus
Species:
D. gryllatus
Binomial name
Dendropsophus gryllatus
(Duellman, 1973)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla gryllatus (Duellman, 1973)
  • Dendropsophus gryllatus (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)

The adult male frog is 22.6 to 25.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 27.5 to 30.6 mm long. This frog has a mark on its back that looks like the letter n. This frog can live in banana farms.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Santiago R. Ron; Morley Read; Gabriela Pazmiño-Armijos (January 4, 2012). "Pacific Lowland Tree Frog: Dendropsophus gryllatus" (in español). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. Template:Cite IUCN
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Dendropsophus gryllatus (Bokermann, 1964)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved May 31, 2021.