Biology:Hyloxalus edwardsi
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Hyloxalus edwardsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Hyloxalus |
| Species: | H. edwardsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyloxalus edwardsi (Lynch, 1982)
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| Synonyms | |
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Colostethus edwardsi Lynch, 1982[2] | |
Hyloxalus edwardsi (common name: Edwards' rocket frog) is a species of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to the Cordillera Oriental in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia.[3][4] It is named after Stephen R. Edwards from the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, a colleague of John D. Lynch who described this species in 1982.[2][5]
Its natural habitats are streams within caves and crevices in paramos.[1][4] It is threatened by habitat loss.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Hyloxalus edwardsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T55074A85893381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T55074A85893381.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55074/85893381. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lynch, J. D. (1982). "Two new species of poison-dart frogs (Colostethus) from Colombia". Herpetologica 38 (3): 366–374.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hyloxalus edwardsi (Lynch, 1982)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2014). "Hyloxalus edwardsi (Lynch, 1982)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015.0. www.batrachia.com. http://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/dendrobatidae/hyloxalus-edwardsi/.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZY3BAAAQBAJ&dq=Hyloxalus+edwardsi+amphibian+dictionary&pg=PT105.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Hyloxalus edwardsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T55074A85893381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T55074A85893381.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55074/85893381. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q4681061 entry
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