Elachistocleis skotogaster

Elachistocleis skotogaster (common name: Santa Victoria oval frog[2]) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is known with certainty only from the Salta Province in northern Argentina.[3] However, the type locality and some later observations are near the border to Bolivia, and it is possible that some frogs from Bolivia currently attributed to Elachistocleis ovalis belong to this species.[4]

Elachistocleis skotogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Elachistocleis
Species:
E. skotogaster
Binomial name
Elachistocleis skotogaster
Lavilla, Vaira & Ferrari, 2003

Elachistocleis skotogaster is known from its type locality, a subtropical montane moist forest,[1] and another humid montane forest locality. There are acoustic observations of calling males from roadside ponds from further two localities, all in the Salta Province of Argentina.[4] Breeding takes place in temporary ponds.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2019. Elachistocleis skotogaster. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T57811A101434988. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T57811A101434988.en. Downloaded on 20 July 2019.
  2. "Elachistocleis skotogaster". Sistema de Información sobre Biodiversidad (SIB). Administración de Parques Nacionales, Argentina. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Elachistocleis skotogaster Lavilla, Vaira, and Ferrari, 2003". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  4. Cajade, R.; D. A. Barrasso & S. J. Nenda (2009). "Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae, Elachistocleis skotogaster: Map of geographic distribution, distribution extension, and new altitudinal records". Check List. 5: 418–421.


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