Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hylidae > Hyloscirtus > Hyloscirtus torrenticola

Hyloscirtus torrenticola (El Pepino Treefrog)

Synonyms: Boana torrenticola; Hyla torrenticola

Wikipedia Abstract

The El Pepino tree frog, Hyloscirtus torrenticola, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Hyloscirtus torrenticola

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Hyloscirtus torrenticola

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
47
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.55
EDGE Score: 3.83

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.398 inches (3.55 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera Oriental montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Eastern Cordillera real montane forests Ecuador, Colombia, Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alto Fragua - Indiwasi Natural National Park 168032 Caquetá, Colombia  
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

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.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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