Leucostethus fugax

Leucostethus fugax is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to the valley of Pastaza River, on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental, southern Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitats are moist forests, in a transition zone between humid tropical forest and very humid premontane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Leucostethus fugax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Leucostethus
Species:
L. fugax
Binomial name
Leucostethus fugax
(Morales & Schulte, 1993)
Synonyms
  • Colostethus fugax Morales & Schulte, 1993

References

  1. Almandáriz, A.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.; Jungfer, K.-H.; Coloma, L.A. & Ron, S. (2004). "Colostethus fugax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Colostethus fugax Morales and Schulte, 1993". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 March 2015.


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