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Chiasmocleis hudsoni

Synonyms: Syncope hudsoni

Wikipedia Abstract

Syncope hudsoni (common name: Hudson's humming frog) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly in adjacent Brazil. It is a common species living in tropical rainforests. It is a nocturnal, fossorial frog, usually hiding in holes or in the leaf-litter. It is an "explosive breeder" using temporary pools for breeding. It is locally threatened by habitat loss caused by clear-cutting.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.9
EDGE Score: 2.94
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.118 inches (2.84 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Guianan Highlands moist forests Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan moist forests Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

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
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