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Leucostethus jota

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Leucostethus jota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Leucostethus
Species:
L. jota
Binomial name
Leucostethus jota
(Marín, Molina-Zuluaga, Restrepo, Cano & Daza, 2018)

Leucostethus jota is a species of frog in the family Leucostethus.[1][2] It is endemic to the municipalities of Alexandria, Amalfi, Granada, San Carlos, San Rafael and San Roque in the Department of Antioquia, Colombia. It inhabits premontane humid forests at 1158 to 1514 meters above sea level. Adult males have a snout-cloaca range of 16.1 to 21.6 mm. Adult females have a snout-cloaca range of 17.9 to 23.3 mm.[3] This frog has straight, pale ventrolateral stripes. The male frog's testes are white in color.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Leucostethus jota Marín-Castaño, Molina-Zuluaga, Restrepo, Cano, and Daza-R., 2018". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "Leucostethus jota Marín-Castaño, Molina-Zuluaga, Restrepo, Cano, & Daza-R., 2018". AmphibiaWeb (in Spanish). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Leucostethus jota | Information, links". www.dendrowiki.org. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  4. ^ Marin CM; Molina-Zuluaga C; Restrepo A; Cano E; Daza JM (2018). "A new species of Leucostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from the eastern versant of the Central Cordillera of Colombia and the phylogenetic status of Colostethus fraterdanieli". Zootaxa. 4461: 359–380. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4464.3.3. PMID 30314073. Retrieved October 15, 2024.