New Granada cross-banded tree frog
| New Granada cross-banded tree frog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Smilisca |
| Species: | S. phaeota |
| Binomial name | |
| Smilisca phaeota (Cope, 1862) | |
The New Granada cross-banded tree frog (Smilisca phaeota, also known as the masked tree frog) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, and canals and ditches.
Masked tree frog resting during the day.
Smilisca phaeota, pictured here on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica
References
- Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Chaves, G., Wilson, L.D., Morales, M. & Lynch, J. 2004. Smilisca phaeota. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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