Dendropsophus ebraccatus
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Hyla weyerae Taylor, 1954 |
Dendropsophus ebraccatus (or hourglass treefrog) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, plantations , heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- Jungfer, K.-H., Lynch, J., Morales, M., Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Santos-Barrera, G. & Chaves, G. 2004. Dendropsophus ebraccatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
- Transitional Frog Lays Eggs on Water and Land - the hourglass treefrog is the first known vertebrate that can lay its eggs both in water and on land, LiveScience, 19 May 2008
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