Legler's stream frog

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Legler's stream frog
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ptychohyla
Species:
P. legleri
Binomial name
Ptychohyla legleri
(Taylor, 1958)
A legler's stream frog in 2023 Duellmanohyla legleri.jpg
A legler's stream frog in 2023

Legler's stream frog (Ptychohyla legleri) is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is named after John M. Legler, a herpetologist at the University of Kansas. [2]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Ptychohyla legleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T55912A130983840. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55912A130983840.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013), The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians, Pelagic Publishing, p. 122, ISBN   9781907807442