Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hylidae > Dendropsophus > Dendropsophus stingi

Dendropsophus stingi (Kaplan's Garagoa Treefrog)

Synonyms: Hyla stingi

Wikipedia Abstract

Dendropsophus stingi is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. The species was named after celebrity musician Sting in recognition of his "commitment and efforts to save the rain forest" (Kaplan 1994).
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
46
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.36
EDGE Score: 3.72
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.031 inches (2.62 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cuchilla de Sucuncuca National Protective Forests Reserves 4391 Boyacá, Colombia      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0