Agalychnis terranova

species of amphibian

Agalychnis terranova is a frog that lives in Colombia. Scientists have seen it between 240 and 900 meters above sea level.[3][1]

Agalychnis terranova
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Agalychnis
Species:
A. terranova
Binomial name
Agalychnis terranova
(Rivera-Correa, Duarte-Cubides, Rueda-Almonacid, and Daza-R., 2013)

The adult frog is about 46.9 mm long from nose to rear end. The female frogs are larger than the male frogs. This frog has green skin on its back with many warts. This frog looks very much like other Agalychnis frogs, but its sides are orange with white spots instead of blue. Scientists believe this frog hides during the day and looks for food at night.[1]

This species is near threatened. That means it is not in danger of dying out yet but it could become in danger. It is near threatened because human beings like to dig mines in the places where the frog lives.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Blake Widener; Alexiana Pou; Rocio Venegas (June 29, 2021). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Agalychnis terranova". AmphibiaWeb. Amphibiaweb. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Agalychnis terranova". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T77185986A77186132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T77185986A77186132.en. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. "Agalychnis terranova Rivera-Correa, Duarte-Cubides, Rueda-Almonacid, and Daza-R., 2013". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 17, 2021.