Amphibians from Serrania de Las Quinchas, in the mid-Magdalena river valley, Colombia
Author
Ovalle-Pacheco, Andrés
Author
Camacho-Rozo, Claudia
Author
Arroyo, Sandy
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.3.387
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10.15560/15.3.387
1809-127X
Dendropsophus microcephalus
(
Cope, 1886
)
Hyla microcephala
Cope 1886: 281
.
Dendropsophus microcephalus
—
Faivovich et al. 2005: 92
.
In this study, males SVL =
19.4–57.3 mm
, females SVL
Figure 8.
Amphibians of the Serranía de Las Quinchas.
A.
Female of
Scinax caprarius
, June 30, 2016.
B.
Male, October 11, 2017.
=
54.1–65.1 mm
. Color of dorsum yellow and brown, and red or purple markings; a thin brown lateral line from the nostril to the sacrum or groin, bordered by a thin white line. A total of 19 individuals were recorded, and were observed only in the Station 5, between 250 and
350 m
, on leaves of vegetation close to water bodies. It is dis- tributed from Southern Mexico to
Brazil
. In
Colombia
, it is present in the
Magdalena
river valley, and savannas of the north of the Orinoco below
1200 m
(
Suárez and Alzate Basto 2014
).