Flectonotus pygmaeus
| Flectonotus pygmaeus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Flectonotus |
| Species: | F. pygmaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Nototrema pygmaeum Boettger, 1893 | |
Flectonotus pygmaeus (also known as: Puerto Cabello treefrog,[2] Spanish: ranita marsupial pigmea)[3] is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It is found in mountainous regions of northwest Venezuela and northeast Colombia.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit source]The first description of the species was published by Oskar Boettger in 1893, under the name Nototrema pygmaeum. Already in 1926 did Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro suggest the name Flectonotus pygmaeus, but it wasn't until 1966, after a few decades of the genus names and classifications of the species and its close relatives being shuffled, that Werner C.A. Bokermann would publish the modern the name Flectonotus pygmaeus with Flectonotus referring to a genus containing F.pygmaeus and F.fitzgeraldi.[4]
Description
[edit source]F.pygmaeus snout–vent length is typically in the range of 22–24.2 mm (0.87–0.95 in) for males and 27.4–30.6 mm (1.08–1.20 in) for females, about 34.6% and 36.2% larger, respectively, than the typical snout–vent lengths of Flectonotus fitzgeraldi.[5] F. pygmaeus have smooth tarsi and backs, and usually have a rounded snout.[6]
Distribution and habitat
[edit source]F. pygmaeus is found on the Mérida Andes and Venezuelan Coastal Range in Venezuela and on adjacent eastern slopes of the northern Cordillera Oriental in Colombia.[2] Its natural habitat is humid pre-montane forest. It is strongly associated with bromeliads, and can survive in degraded forest if bromeliads are present. It is threatened by deforestation, and, locally, by the collection of bromeliads.[1] It can be found at elevations ranging from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft).
References
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- 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Flectonotus pygmaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T55319A85896906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55319A85896906.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. "Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ↑ Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2015). "Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ↑ Duellman, Gray & December 1983, p. 334.
- ↑ Duellman & Gray 1983, p. 335.
- ↑ Duellman & Gray 1983, p. 339.