Flectonotus pygmaeus

Flectonotus pygmaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Hemiphractidae
Genus:Flectonotus
Species: F. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Flectonotus pygmaeus
(Boettger, 1893)
Synonyms

Nototrema pygmaeum Boettger, 1893
Gastrotheca pygmaeum (Boettger, 1893)

Flectonotus pygmaeus (common name: Puerto Cabello treefrog, Spanish: ranita marsupial pigmea) is a species of frog in the Hemiphractidae family. It is found on the Mérida Andes and Venezuelan Coastal Range in Venezuela and on adjacent eastern slopes of the northern Cordillera Oriental in Colombia.[2][3] Its natural habitats are pre-montane humid forests. It is strongly associated with bromeliads, and can survive in degraded forest if bromeliads are present. It is threatened by deforestation, and locally, collection of bromeliads.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 La Marca, E.; García-Pérez, J.E.; Ardila-Robayo, M.C. & Lynch, J. (2004). "Flectonotus pygmaeus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T55319A11291392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55319A11291392.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2015). "Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.


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