Biology:Osteocephalus sangay

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Osteocephalus sangay
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteocephalus
Species:
O. sangay
Binomial name
Osteocephalus sangay
Chasiluisa, Caminer, Varela-Jaramillo & Ron, 2020

Osteocephalus sangay, also known as the Sangay casqued tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in eastern Ecuador in Morona Santiago province.[1] O. sangay is in the O. buckleyi species group and is closely related to O. cannatellai.[2]

The Sangay casqued tree frog is named for Sangay National Park, the type locality of the species.[2]

References

  1. "AmphibiaWeb - Osteocephalus sangay". https://amphibiaweb.org/species/9133. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chasiluisa, Valeria D.; Caminer, Marcel A.; Varela-Jaramillo, Andrea; Ron, Santiago R. (2020-01-01). "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of treefrog of the Osteocephalus buckleyi species group (Anura: Hylidae)". Neotropical Biodiversity 6 (1): 21–36. doi:10.1080/23766808.2020.1729306. 

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