Cruziohyla calcarifer

Splendid leaf frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Hylidae
Genus:Cruziohyla
Species: C. calcarifer
Binomial name
Cruziohyla calcarifer
(Boulenger, 1902)
Synonyms

Agalychnis calcarifer Boulenger, 1902

Cruziohyla calcarifer, the splendid leaf frog or splendid treefrog, is a tree frog of the family Hylidae 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.

References

  1. Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron; Karl-Heinz Jungfer; Brian Kubicki; Federico Bolaños; Gerardo Chaves; Frank Solís; Roberto Ibáñez; César Jaramillo; Jay Savage; et al. (2004). "Cruziohyla calcarifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 June 2014.


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