Hyla tica

Hyla tica

Hyla tica

Starrett's Treefrog

Starrett, 1966

Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae

Description

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Distribution

Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.

Habitat & Ecology

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Reproduction

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Conservation

Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens amphibians worldwide.

Other Comments

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References

Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.
Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp

Other Available References from Amphibian Species of the World

Hyla tica Starrett, 1966, Bull. S. California Acad. Sci., 65: 23. Holotype: UMMZ 122482. Type locality: Stream at 4500 feet on Volcán Turrialba, Provincia Cartago, Costa Rica.
Duellman, 1970, Monogr. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 1: 227
Savage and Heyer, 1969, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16(1): 1-127.
Dunn, 1931, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5: 406. Considered a synonym of Hyla leucophyllata .

Reference written by Mark Tway, Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
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