Ecnomiohyla thysanota

Ecnomiohyla thysanota, also known as Cerro Mali treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Panama where it is known from its type locality, Cerro Malí in eastern Serranía de Darién,[1][2] near the border to Colombia, where it might also occur. This arboreal species is only known from a single specimen, the holotype.[1]

Ecnomiohyla thysanota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ecnomiohyla
Species:
E. thysanota
Binomial name
Ecnomiohyla thysanota
(Duellman, 1966)
Ecnomiohyla thysanota is only known from Cerro Malí in extreme eastern Panama
Synonyms[2]

Hyla thysanota Duellman, 1966

Description

The holotype is a female measuring 96 mm (3.8 in) in snout–vent length. The head is wider than the body and flat on the top. The snout is moderately long and rounded. The tympanum is distinct albeit partly obscured by the supratympanic fold. The canthus is heavy and rounded. The arms and feet have dermal fringes referred to in its specific name thysanota, from Greek thysanotos, meaning "fringed". The fingers are early fully webbed and bear large discs. The toes are fully webbed and bear discs almost as large as the fingers ones. The living specimen had green dorsum and pinkish white ventral surfaces were. The iris was brown.[3]

Habitat and conservation

The holotype was found in a tree top at night in humid montane forest at 1,265 m (4,150 ft) above sea level.[1][3] Ecnomiohyla thysanota presumably breeds in water. There is no recent data on this species, and threats to it are unknown. The type locality is inside the Darién National Park.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Ecnomiohyla thysanota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T55674A54347684. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Ecnomiohyla thysanota (Duellman, 1966)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. Duellman, W. E. (1970). The hylid frogs of Middle America. Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 1(1). 1–753. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2835. (Hyla thysanota: p. 350–352)
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