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Agalychnis terranova

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Agalychnis terranova
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Agalychnis
Species:
A. terranova
Binomial name
Agalychnis terranova
Rivera-Correa, Duarte-Cubides, Rueda-Almonacid, and Daza-R., 2013

Agalychnis terranova is a species of frog endemic to Colombia. It has been observed between 240 and 900 meters above sea level.[3][4][1]

The adult frog measures 4.7 cm snout-vent length. The female frogs are larger than the male frogs. This frog has green, warty skin on its dorsum. This frog resembles other frogs in the genus Agalychnis excepting that its sides are orange with white spots rather than blue. This frog is nocturnal.[4] The tonal advertisement call is reported to be 0.52 seconds long at a frequency of 1.74 Hz, which is similar to its sister species, A. callidry.[5]

This species is classified as near threatened. Its numbers are threatened by habitat loss, damming, habitat fragmentation, and mining activity.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Agalychnis terranova". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T77185986A77186132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T77185986A77186132.en. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Agalychnis terranova Rivera-Correa, Duarte-Cubides, Rueda-Almonacid, and Daza-R., 2013". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York.
  4. ^ a b c Blake Widener; Alexiana Pou; Rocio Venegas (June 29, 2021). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Agalychnis terranova". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Chaves-Portilla, G. A. (2021). First record of Colombian red-eyed tree frog Agalychnis Terranova from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia with a description of its advertisement call. Herpetological Bulletin, (156, Summer 2021), 23–27. https://doi.org/10.33256/hb156.2327