Veragua cross-banded tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Smilisca
Species:
S. sordida
Binomial name
Smilisca sordida
(Peters, 1863)

The Veragua cross-banded tree frog (Smilisca sordida) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, and canals and ditches.

Phylogeny

The sister species of S. sordida is Smilisca sila, the Panama cross-banded tree frog. Both species utilize a basin construction reproductive model.[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Smilisca sordida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T56011A54349053. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T56011A54349053.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. โ†‘ Malone, John H. (March 2004). "Reproduction in Three Species of Smilisca from Costa Rica". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (1): 27โ€“35. doi:10.1670/32-03A. ISSN 0022-1511.


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