Osteocephalus cabrerai

Osteocephalus cabrerai is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in the Amazon Basin in Brazil (Manaus), northeastern Peru, Ecuador (Sucumbíos and Orellana Provinces), Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, and Vaupés Departments[4]), Guyana, and French Guiana, possibly wider.[2] Some earlier records refer to Osteocephalus buckleyi.[2]

Osteocephalus cabrerai

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteocephalus
Species:
O. cabrerai
Binomial name
Osteocephalus cabrerai
(Cochran and Goin, 1970)
Synonyms[2]

Hyla cabrerai Cochran and Goin, 1970[3]

Etymology

The specific name cabrerai honours Mr. Isodore Cabrera,[3] a Colombian naturalist and collector.[5]

Description

Adult males can reach 55 mm (2.2 in) and adult females 71 mm (2.8 in) in snout–vent length. The snout is truncate.[6] The tympanum is very distinct[3] and elliptical; the supra-tympanic fold is tuberculate. Skin on the dorsum is granulate in females and tuberculate in males; these do not have keratinized tips in breeding males as in Osteocephalus buckleyi. Skin on the flanks is areolate.[6] The fingers are one-half webbed. The toes are webbed, reaching base of the disc on the fourth toe.[3] Te dorsal coloration is variable, in shades of green with tan and brown blotches, streaks, or a reticulate pattern. The flanks are light and may have tan blotches. The venter creamy is white, possibly with tan spots. A pale supralabial mark runs posteroventrally from eye to mid-tympanum. Males have paired vocal sacs.[6]

Habitat and conservation

Osteocephalus cabrerai is a lowland tropical rainforest species. Specimens have been spotted on low vegetation in primary forest or the forest edge at night. It is an uncommon species that is locally threatened by habitat loss. Its range includes a number of protected areas.[1]

References
  1. La Marca, E.; Angulo, A.; Coloma, L.A.; Ron, S. (2004). "Osteocephalus cabrerai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55790A11356745. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55790A11356745.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Osteocephalus cabrerai (Cochran and Goin, 1970)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. Cochran, Doris M. & Goin, Coleman J. (1970). "Frogs of Colombia". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 288: 1–678. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.6346. [Osteocephalus cabrerai: pp. 215–217]
  4. Acosta Galvis, A. R. & D. Cuentas (2017). "Osteocephalus cabrerai (Cochran & Goin, 1970)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.07.2017.0. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
  6. Jungfer, K.-H. (2010). "The taxonomic status of some spiny-backed treefrogs, genus Osteocephalus (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2407: 28–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2407.1.2.
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