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Smilisca phaeota
Smilisca phaeota
Rana de Arbol
Photographer: Eduardo Boza Oviedo
Collection: AmphibiaWeb

ID: 1111 1111 1111 8742 (2009-06-07)

Copyright © 2009 Eduardo Boza Oviedo

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  • date of photo  Apr 2008
  • latitude 9.07650   longitude -82.70320     View on Google Maps.
  • location  Uri (Bocas del Toro, Panama)
  • family Hylidae
  • habitat  On low vegetation, in an open area.
  • notes   Esta hembra de S. phaeota fue hallada de noche en un potrero, activa sobre una mata de pata (Xanthosoma)a medio metro sobre el suelo. El lugar esta a 1400 m de elevacion; otros miembros de esta especie fueron hallados en un lugar cercano a 1600 m de elevacion, lo que constituye el reporte mas alto para la especie. La fotografia es parte del proyecto PILA-Darwin: Herramientas basicas para el manejo del Parque Internacional La Amistad ('Darwin Initiative', numero de beca 15/027: 'Baseline tools for management in P.I. La Amistad (Costa Rica/Panama)'), del Museo de Historia Natural de Londres y la Universidad de Costa Rica. //// This female S. phaeota was active at night, in a pasture land, on a Xanthosoma plant (50 cm above the ground). The place is 1400 m elevational level; other individuals of that species were found in a nearby place about 1600 m elevational level (which is the highest report for S. phaeota). The picture is part of the PILA-Darwin Project ('Darwin Initiative' 15/027: 'Baseline tools for management in P.I. La Amistad (Costa Rica/Panama)'), of the Natural History Museum of London and the University of Costa Rica.
  • photo category: Animal - Amphibian

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Masked Tree Frog, Central American Smilisca, Tarraco Treefrog (AW ) Rana de Arbol (photographer)
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