La Escalera tree frog

La Escalera tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Hylidae
Genus:Hypsiboas
Species: H. sibleszi
Binomial name
Hypsiboas sibleszi
(Rivero, 1971)

The La Escalera tree frog (Hypsiboas sibleszi) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Guyana, Venezuela, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes.

References

  • Hoogmoed, M., Señaris, C. & MacCulloch, R. 2004. Hypsiboas sibleszi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
  • MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop. 2005. Hylid frogs from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: new species, redescriptions and distributional records. Phyllomedusa 4: 17–37.
  • MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop. 2009. Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000. Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions 4: 36 pp.


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