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Family: Hylidae
Continental Divide Treefrog, more...Continental Divide Treefrog (es: Rana, Rana)
[Hyla graceae Myers & Duellman, 1982] Images not available |
Adult: Species description based on Myers and Duellman (1982) and Duellman (2001). A small treefrog (males to 39 mm, females to 41 mm). Dorsal: The dorsal surface is brown except for a broad light (white, yellow, or light brown) stripes running along the sides of the dorsum. Ventral: Ventral coloration varies from white to yellow. Eye: The eye may be brown or blue-green. A thin brown stripe separates the upper and lower halves of the iris. Breeding season: Breeding occurs throughout the year (Duellman 2001). Males call from still waters, including small ponds and puddles, as well as slow streams (Duellman 2001). Egg: Eggs, thought to be of this species, were found attached to vegetation near the margin of a stream (Duellman 2001). Tadpole: Tadpole bodies are robust (Duellman 2001). The tail musculature is not particularly strong, and the tail fins are moderate (Duellman 2001). The general coloration of the tadpole is brown, with some darker pigmentation on the tail (Duellman 2001). Habitat: Montane forest from 1120 to 1650 m. Call: A series of "quacks" or "honks" (Myers and Duellman 1982). Males also growl (Myers and Duellman 1982). Type locality: near continental divide southeast of Cerro Colorado, approximately 1650 m. elev., Chiriquà Province, Panama . . . . the type locality lies on a rough construction road (from San Felix) at a point about 4 km. airline southeast of Cerro Colorado and about 0.6 km. due south of the continental divide (border of Bocas del Toro) |