Cruziohyla calcarifer
Cruziohyla calcarifer, the splendid leaf frog or splendid treefrog, is a tree frog of the family Phyllomedusidae described in 1902 by George Albert Boulenger. It has a distribution from Esmeraldas Province in northwestern Ecuador, through western Colombia and Panama to the most southerly part of Costa Rica. It is a nocturnal, arboreal frog inhabiting primary humid lowland forest.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Cruziohyla |
| Species: | C. calcarifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Cruziohyla calcarifer (Boulenger, 1902) | |
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Genetic studies
Cruziohyla calcarifer is the most divergent Cruziohyla species. DNA analysis places Cruziohyla sylviae genetically closer to its sister species, Cruziohyla craspedopus, than to the true Cruziohyla calcarifer described by George A. Boulenger in 1902.[2]
References
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cruziohyla calcarifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T151594717A3027869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T151594717A3027869.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- Gray, Andrew R. (2018). "Review of the genus Cruziohyla (Anura: Phyllomedusidae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4450 (4): 401–426.
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