Biology:Tepuihyla obscura
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Short description: Species of frog
| Tepuihyla obscura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Tepuihyla |
| Species: | T. obscura
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| Binomial name | |
| Tepuihyla obscura Kok, Ratz, Tegelaar, Aubret, and Means, 2015
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Tepuihyla obscura is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Bolivar State in Venezuela. Scientists have seen it near summits in the Chimantá Massif, between 1800 and 2600 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]
The adult male frogs listed in the original publication measured 32.05 to 37.12 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 26.44 to 33.67 mm. The skin on the frog's back is gray or gray-brown in color with darker marks. The female frog's skin is smooth.[4]
The tadpoles swim in pools where the water is not deep, in puddles in rocks, or in peat bogs.[4]
Scientists believe that this frog was produced by a recent example of non-adaptive radiation.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tepuihyla obscura". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8428.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). Tepuihyla obscura. 3.1. p. e.T88219594A109546400. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T88219594A109546400.en. 88219594. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88219594/109546400. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R.. "Tepuihyla obscura (Kok, Ratz, Tegelaar, Aubret, and Means, 2015)". American Museum of Natural History, New York. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Tepuihyla/Tepuihyla-obscura.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Philippe J. R. Kok; Sebastian Ratz; Marco Tegelaar; Fabien Aubret (2015). "Out of taxonomic limbo: A name for the species of Tepuihyla (Anura: Hylidae) from the Chimantá Massif, Pantepui region, northern South America". Salamandra 51 (4): 283–314. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288828456. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
Wikidata ☰ Q22009860 entry
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