Dendropsophus molitor is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, known commonly as the green dotted treefrog. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
Green dotted treefrog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Dendropsophus |
Species: | D. molitor
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Binomial name | |
Dendropsophus molitor (Schmidt, 1857)
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References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Dendropsophus molitor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T89117408A85901543. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T89117408A85901543.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Guarnizo C.E., Amezquita A., Bermingham E. 2009. The relative roles of vicariance versus elevational gradients in the genetic differentiation of the high Andean frog Dendropsophus labialis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 84–92.
- Ramírez Pinilla, M.P.; Osorno-Muñoz, M.; Rueda, J.V.; Amézquita, A.; Ardila-Robayo, M.C. (2004). "Dendropsophus labialis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T55528A11326523. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55528A11326523.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.