Hyloxalus edwardsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dendrobatidae |
Genus: | Hyloxalus |
Species: | H. edwardsi
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Binomial name | |
Hyloxalus edwardsi (
Lynch, 1982)
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Synonyms | |
Colostethus edwardsi Lynch, 1982 [2] |
Hyloxalus edwardsi (common name: Edwards' rocket frog) is a species of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to the Cordillera Oriental in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. [3] [4] It is named after Stephen R. Edwards from the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, a colleague of John D. Lynch who described this species in 1982. [2] [5]
Its natural habitats are streams within caves and crevices in paramos. [1] [4] It is threatened by habitat loss. [6]
Hyloxalus edwardsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dendrobatidae |
Genus: | Hyloxalus |
Species: | H. edwardsi
|
Binomial name | |
Hyloxalus edwardsi (
Lynch, 1982)
| |
Synonyms | |
Colostethus edwardsi Lynch, 1982 [2] |
Hyloxalus edwardsi (common name: Edwards' rocket frog) is a species of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to the Cordillera Oriental in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. [3] [4] It is named after Stephen R. Edwards from the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, a colleague of John D. Lynch who described this species in 1982. [2] [5]
Its natural habitats are streams within caves and crevices in paramos. [1] [4] It is threatened by habitat loss. [6]