Colostethus fugax

Colostethus fugax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Colostethus
Species: C. fugax
Binomial name
Colostethus fugax
Morales & Schulte, 1993

Colostethus fugax is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is endemic to the valley of Pastaza River, on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental, southern Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitats are moist forests, in a transition zone between humid tropical forest and very humid premontane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Almandáriz, A., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Jungfer, K.-H., Coloma, L.A. & Ron, S. (2004). "Colostethus fugax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Colostethus fugax Morales and Schulte, 1993". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 March 2015.


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