Flectonotus pygmaeus

Flectonotus pygmaeus (common name: Puerto Cabello treefrog, Spanish: ranita marsupial pigmea) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. It 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][3] 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, collection of bromeliads.[1]

Flectonotus pygmaeus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Flectonotus
Species:
F. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Flectonotus pygmaeus
(Boettger, 1893)
Synonyms

Nototrema pygmaeum Boettger, 1893
Gastrotheca pygmaeum (Boettger, 1893)

References

  1. La Marca, E.; García-Pérez, J.E.; Ardila-Robayo, M.C. & Lynch, J. (2004). "Flectonotus pygmaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55319A11291392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55319A11291392.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. 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.


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