Dendropsophus stingi
| Dendropsophus stingi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dendropsophus |
| Species: | D. stingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendropsophus stingi (Kaplan, 1994) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyla stingi | |
Dendropsophus stingi is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.
The species was named after celebrity musician Sting in recognition of his "commitment and efforts to save the rain forest" (Kaplan 1994).
Sources
- Ardila-Robayo, M.C. & Rueda, J.V. 2004. Dendropsophus stingi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
- M. Kaplan (1994). "A new species of frog of the genus Hyla from the Cordillera Oriental in northern Colombia with comments on the taxonomy of Hyla minuta". Journal of Herpetology (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) 28 (1): 79–87. doi:10.2307/1564684. JSTOR 1564684.
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