Elachistocleis ovalis
| Elachistocleis ovalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Genus: | Elachistocleis |
| Species: | E. ovalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachistocleis ovalis (Schneider, 1799) | |
Elachistocleis ovalis (common name: common oval frog, Spanish: sapito apuntado bicolor) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. Technically, Elachistocleis ovalis is species inquirenda, and it is not known to which population the name applies. The Amphibian Species of the World restricts this species to Panama, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Bolivia. Frogs from Brazil has been allocated to other species.[2]
Elachistocleis ovalis lives in leaf litter and in tree holes in tropical rainforests and on the forest edges, grasslands, and shrublands. It breeds in ponds where eggs and larvae develop.[1]
References
- 1 2 Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Andrés Acosta-Galvis, Esteban Lavilla, Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Jerry Hardy (2010). "Elachistocleis ovalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Elachistocleis ovalis (Schneider, 1799)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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