Biology:Phrynopus tribulosus

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Short description: Species of frog

Phrynopus tribulosus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Genus: Phrynopus
Species:
P. tribulosus
Binomial name
Phrynopus tribulosus
Synonyms
  • Phrynopus nicoleae Chaparro, Padial, and De la Riva, 2008

Phrynopus tribulosus is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to Peru and only known from its type locality near Oxapampa at 2,600 m (8,500 ft) asl, and from Santa Bárbara, in the Huancabamba District, Oxapampa, Pasco Region.[2] It inhabits humid montane forests where individuals could be found deep within a mossy bank by day.[1]

Description

One specimen, now a paratype, is an adult female measuring 21 mm (0.83 in) in snout–vent length. The body is slim. The dorsum is finely granular and has elongate dorsolateral warts that form a long discontinuous row without joining to a fold. There is a conspicuous X-shaped mid-dorsal fold. The supratympanic fold is weak and no tympanum is present. The fingers and toes have no fringes, webbing, or discs, but the finger tips are slightly swollen. Dorsal coloration is tan with various diffuse black blotches and bluish-white dorsal granules. There is a bold black mask running from the snout through the eye and over to the sypratympanic area. The flanks and extremities are tan with abundant bluish-white spots. The lower parts are gray and have small, marmorated, brown, and metallic blue blotches.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Phrynopus tribulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T158539A89222030. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T158539A89222030.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/158539/89222030. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Phrynopus tribulosus Duellman and Hedges, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brachycephaloidea/Strabomantidae/Pristimantinae/Phrynopus/Phrynopus-tribulosus. 
  3. Chaparro, J. C.; Padial, J. M.; De la Riva, I. (2008). "Two sympatric new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Yanachaga Chemillen National Park (central Peruvian Andes)". Zootaxa 1761: 49–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1761.1.5. 

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