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
Boana pugnax
(
Schmidt, 1857
)
Hyla pugnax
Schmidt, 1857: 11
.
Hypsiboas pugnax
—
Cope 1867: 148
.
Boana pugnax
—
Dubois 2017: 28
One female was recorded with SVL =
73.3 mm
. It is a tree frog of large size; pupils bluish, pigmentation in the anterior half of palpebral membrane, dorsum is light brown with some darker brown markings; hindlimbs with vertical dark brown bars; darker and thicker bars on the pleural region. This species was recorded in the Station 5, on tree branches on the edge of ponds. It is distributed from eastern
Panamá
to
Venezuela
, and in
Colombia
, it is distributed in the Caribbean, the
Cauca
and
Magdalena
river valleys, and the eastern savannas, from sea level up to
500 m
(
Acosta-Galvis 2012a
).