Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Phyllomedusidae > Phyllomedusa > Phyllomedusa trinitatis

Phyllomedusa trinitatis (Waxy tree frog)

Synonyms: Phyllomedusa burmeisteri trinitatis; Pithecopus trinitatis

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllomedusa trinitatis is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is found in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrublands, freshwater marshes, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, and canals and ditches.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Phyllomedusa trinitatis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.77
EDGE Score: 2.47
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  90 grams
Litter Size [1]  40
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.76 inches (9.55 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera La Costa montane forests Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Macizo Montañoso del Turimiquire Protective Zone 1334369 Venezuela  

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