Hyloxalus leucophaeus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dendrobatidae |
Genus: | Hyloxalus |
Species: | H. leucophaeus
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Binomial name | |
Hyloxalus leucophaeus Duellman, 2004
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Synonyms | |
Colostethus leucophaeus |
Hyloxalus leucophaeus is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. [1] [2] It is endemic to a very limited range in Peru. [3]
It is moderately sized, with a mostly moss grey body with patches of white and a more orange shade of the body colour. [4] [5]
This species is known only from a very small range Molinopampa district in the northern Cordillera Central in the Peruvian Andes where it has been found at a height of 2,400 m above sea level. [3] [6]
A marshy stream in a pasture of old farmland is the only place where this species was recorded. [3]
Like most, related species, their eggs are laid on land, but after hatching the tadpoles are moved to water.