Tepuihyla obscura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Tepuihyla
Species:
T. obscura
Binomial name
Tepuihyla obscura
Kok, Ratz, Tegelaar, Aubret, and Means, 2015

Tepuihyla obscura is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Bolivar State in Venezuela. Scientists have seen it near summits in the Chimantá Massif, between 1800 and 2600 meters above sea level.[3][1][2]

The adult male frogs listed in the original publication measured 32.05 to 37.12 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 26.44 to 33.67 mm. The skin on the frog's back is gray or gray-brown in color with darker marks. The female frog's skin is smooth.[4]

The tadpoles swim in pools where the water is not deep, in puddles in rocks, or in peat bogs.[4]

Scientists believe that this frog was produced by a recent example of non-adaptive radiation.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tepuihyla obscura". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  2. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Tepuihyla obscura". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T88219594A109546400. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T88219594A109546400.en. S2CID 242384327. 88219594. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Tepuihyla obscura (Kok, Ratz, Tegelaar, Aubret, and Means, 2015)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Philippe J. R. Kok; Sebastian Ratz; Marco Tegelaar; Fabien Aubret (2015). "Out of taxonomic limbo: A name for the species of Tepuihyla (Anura: Hylidae) from the Chimantá Massif, Pantepui region, northern South America". Salamandra (Full text). 51 (4): 283–314. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
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