Ptychohyla legleri

Ptychohyla legleri

Ptychohyla legleri

Legler's Stream Frog

Taylor, 1958

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

Description

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Distribution

Pacific slopes of southern 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 legleri Taylor, 1958, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 39: 33. Holotype: KU 32932. Type locality: "15 km WSW San Isidro del General, San José Province .... in a small swamp", Costa Rica. Type locality discussed by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22(1): 71-122.
Ptychohyla legleri--Campbell and Smith, 1992, Herpetologica, 48: 153-167.

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