Executioner tree frog

The executioner tree frog, executioner clown frog or hangman swamp frog (Dendropsophus carnifex) is a frog that lives in the Andes Mountains in Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 1250 and 2500 meters above sea level.[3] Scientists think it might also live in Colombia.[1]

Executioner tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dendropsophus
Species:
D. carnifex
Binomial name
Dendropsophus carnifex
(Duellman, 1969)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla carnifex (Duellman, 1969)
  • Dendropsophus carnifex (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)

The adult male frog is 24.6 to 27.7 mm long from nose to rear end, and the adult female frog is 29.2 to 32.5 mm long. This frog is pale in color, light brown to bronze, with darker marks on its skin.[1]

It is called the "executioner tree frog" because scientist John D. Lynch found many of the sample frogs. In English, "lynch" means to kill someone by hanging them by the neck.[1]

References
  1. Santiago R. Ron; Morley Read (January 28, 2012). "Dendropsophus carnifex" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  2. Diego Cisneros-Heredia; Karl-Heinz Jungfer (2004). "Executioner Tree Frog: Dendropsophus carnifex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55433A11310850. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55433A11310850.en. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  3. "Dendropsophus acreanus (Duellman, 1969)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
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