Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hylidae > Duellmanohyla > Duellmanohyla uranochroa

Duellmanohyla uranochroa (Tree frog)

Synonyms: Hyla alleei; Hyla uranochroa

Wikipedia Abstract

The Costa Rica brook frog or red-eyed stream frog (Duellmanohyla uranochroa) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. As of 2013, This species is classified as endangered by the IUCN. Declines and local extinctions have been reported for populations (referred to as Hyla uranochroa) within the Monteverde region of Costa Rica's Cordillera de Tilaran, synchronous with the decline of 24 (from a total of 53) other amphibian species during 1990.
View Wikipedia Record: Duellmanohyla uranochroa

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Duellmanohyla uranochroa

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
69
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.37
EDGE Score: 5.2
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  69
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.575 inches (4 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    
Talamancan montane forests Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arenal National Park II 30025 Costa Rica  
Arenal-Monteverde Protective Zone 69963 Costa Rica  
Barbilla National Park II 29582 Costa Rica  
La Amistad International Park National Park II 541617 Panama, Costa Rica  
Rara Avis Rainforest Reserve 3163 Costa Rica

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama 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.
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