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Engystomops coloradorum

Synonyms: Physalaemus coloradorum

Wikipedia Abstract

Engystomops coloradorum (common name: Colorado dwarf frog) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is endemic to the Pacific lowlands and foothills of the Andes in Ecuador.Its natural habitats are tropical moist forests and more open, altered habitats. It breeds in small still waterbodies where it makes foam nests. Though adaptable, it is probably threatened by habitat loss.
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Attributes

Litter Size [1]  130
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.851 inches (2.162 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Western Ecuador moist forests Colombia, Ecuador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru 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