Hyloxalus edwardsi

Hyloxalus edwardsi

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Dendrobatidae
Genus:Hyloxalus
Species: H. edwardsi
Binomial name
Hyloxalus edwardsi
(Lynch, 1982)
Synonyms

Colostethus edwardsi Lynch, 1982[2]

Hyloxalus edwardsi (common name: Edwards' rocket frog) is a species of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to the Cordillera Oriental in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia.[3][4] It is named after Stephen R. Edwards from the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, a colleague of John D. Lynch who described this species in 1982.[2][5]

Its natural habitats are streams within caves and crevices in paramos.[6][4] It is threatened by habitat loss.[6]

References

  1. ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Hyloxalus edwardsi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T55074A85893381. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 Lynch, J. D. (1982). "Two new species of poison-dart frogs (Colostethus) from Colombia". Herpetologica. 38: 366–374. JSTOR 3892419.
  3. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hyloxalus edwardsi (Lynch, 1982)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2014). "Hyloxalus edwardsi (Lynch, 1982)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015.0. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.
  6. 1 2 Rueda, J.V. (2004). "Hyloxalus edwardsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 March 2015.


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