Veragua cross-banded tree frog

The Veragua cross-banded treefrog or drab treefrog (Smilisca sordida) is a frog that lives in Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia. Scientists have seen it as high in the hills as 1525 meters above sea level.[3][1]

Veragua cross-banded tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Smilisca
Species:
S. sordida
Binomial name
Smilisca sordida
(Peters, 1863)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla sordida (Peters, 1862)
  • Hyla gabbi (Cope, 1875)
  • Hyla nigripes (Cope, 1875)
  • Hyla salvini (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Hyla sordida (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Hyla nigripes (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Smilisca gabbi (Starrett, 1960)
  • Smilisca sordida (Duellman and Trueb, 1966)

The adult male frog is 36.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 56.3 mm long. They have gray-brown skin on the back and a lighter belly. It has purple skin where the legs meet the body. They have light marks over their eyes and stripes on their legs.[1]

This frog lives near streams and rivers in forests. They lay eggs at the time of year when the streams are not so deep.[1]

The tadpoles are 3.2 cm long. They live at the bottom of the stream and hold onto the rocks with their mouths.[1]

References
  1. Anna Doty (November 17, 2007). "Smilisca sordida: Drab Treefrog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Smilisca sordida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T56011A54349053. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T56011A54349053.en. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. "Smilisca phaeota (Peters, 1863)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
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