Diasporus citrinobapheus
Diasporus citrinobapheus, or yellow dyer rainfrog,[2] is a species of frogs native to the Cordillera de Talamanca of western Panama.[1] It was first described in 2012.[3]
| Yellow dyer rainfrog | |
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| Diasporus citrinobapheus male holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Eleutherodactylidae |
| Genus: | Diasporus |
| Species: | D. citrinobapheus |
| Binomial name | |
| Diasporus citrinobapheus Hertz et al., 2012[1] | |
The specific name citrinobapheus is derived from the Greek citrinos (citrin-yellow) and bapheus (dyer) referring to the yellow body color that dyes one's fingers yellowish when the frog is handled.[1]
References
- Hertz, A.; Hauenschild, F.; Lotzkat, S.; Köhler, G. (2012). "A new golden frog species of the genus Diasporus (Amphibia, Eleutherodactylidae) from the Cordillera Central, western Panama". ZooKeys. 196 (196): 23–46. doi:10.3897/zookeys.196.2774. PMC 3361085. PMID 22679389.
- "New frog species from Panama dyes fingers yellow". Sciencedaily.com. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- "Diasporus citrinobapheus". Species-ID. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
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