Cruziohyla craspedopus

(Funkhouser, 1957)

Vernacular names

English : Fringed leaf frog, Amazon leaf frog
French : Rainette frangée

Classification

Class : Amphibia
Order : Anura
Family : Phyllomedusidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification

The species grows to 7 cm in length, females being larger than males. Wide head with truncate snout. Fringes of skin on tarsus margins. Coloration is bright green to blue-green with grey blotches. Lower flanks bright yellow with black lines.

Range and habitat

The species occurs in South America, from Ecuador to South Peru and possibly Bolivia, east to the central Amazonas part of Brazil. Found in the canopy of primary tropical humid forests, in lowlands.

Conservation

IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not listed
Status : The species remains locally common and occurs in protected areas. It has a large range but could be locally declining because of habitat loss.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation