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Hyloxalus edwardsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Hyloxalus
Species:
H. edwardsi
Binomial name
Hyloxalus edwardsi
(Lynch, 1982)
Synonyms

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. ^ a b 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. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Lynch, J. D. (1982). "Two new species of poison-dart frogs (Colostethus) from Colombia". Herpetologica. 38 (3): 366–374. JSTOR 3892419.
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hyloxalus edwardsi (Lynch, 1982)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2014). "Hyloxalus edwardsi (Lynch, 1982)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015.0. www.batrachia.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.
  6. ^ 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. Retrieved 15 November 2021.


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