Hyloxalus peculiaris
Hyloxalus peculiaris is a species of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to Ecuador where it is only known from its type locality, "Pailas" in the Morona-Santiago Province, on the eastern slope of the Andes.[2] Its natural habitats are cloud forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, and the forest at the type locality was already fragmented in 1996.[1]
| Hyloxalus peculiaris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dendrobatidae |
| Genus: | Hyloxalus |
| Species: | H. peculiaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyloxalus peculiaris (Rivero, 1991) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Colostethus peculiaris (Rivero, 1991) | |
References
- Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Taran Grant (2004). "Hyloxalus peculiaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55129A11257889. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55129A11257889.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Hyloxalus peculiaris (Rivero, 1991)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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