Flectonotus pygmaeus
Flectonotus pygmaeus (also known as: Puerto Cabello treefrog, Spanish: ranita marsupial pigmea) is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae. 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 habitat is humid pre-montane forest. 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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Flectonotus |
| Species: | F. pygmaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893) | |
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Nototrema pygmaeum Boettger, 1893 | |
References
- La Marca, E.; García-Pérez, J.E.; Ardila-Robayo, M.C. & Lynch, J. (2004). "Flectonotus pygmaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55319A11291392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55319A11291392.en.
- 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.
- 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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