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The '''splendid leaf frog''', '''''Cruziohyla calcarifer''''', is a tree frog of the [[Hylidae]] family native to the [[Caribbean]] slopes of southeastern [[Nicaragua]] and eastern [[Honduras]] southwards through [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] to Pacific lowlands of [[Colombia]] and northwestern [[Ecuador]]. It might represent a composite of [[cryptic species]].<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Phyllomedusinae/Cruziohyla/Cruziohyla-calcarifer |title=''Cruziohyla calcarifer'' (Boulenger, 1902) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref> It is a [[nocturnal]], [[arboreal]] frog inhabiting primary humid lowland forest. It comes down only to breed in tree holes and in small fishless pools.<ref name=IUCN/>
The '''splendid leaf frog''' (''Cruziohyla calcarifer'') is a tree frog of the family [[Hylidae]] native to the [[Caribbean]] slopes of southeastern [[Nicaragua]] and eastern [[Honduras]] southwards through [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] to Pacific lowlands of [[Colombia]] and northwestern [[Ecuador]]. It might represent a composite of [[cryptic species]].<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Phyllomedusinae/Cruziohyla/Cruziohyla-calcarifer |title=''Cruziohyla calcarifer'' (Boulenger, 1902) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref> It is a [[nocturnal]], [[arboreal]] frog inhabiting primary humid lowland forest. It comes down only to breed in tree holes and in small fishless pools.<ref name=IUCN/>


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Splendid leaf frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Cruziohyla
Species:
C. calcarifer
Binomial name
Cruziohyla calcarifer
(Boulenger, 1902)
Synonyms

Agalychnis calcarifer Boulenger, 1902

The splendid leaf frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer) is a tree frog of the family Hylidae native to the Caribbean slopes of southeastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras southwards through Costa Rica and Panama to Pacific lowlands of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It might represent a composite of cryptic species.[2] It is a nocturnal, arboreal frog inhabiting primary humid lowland forest. It comes down only to breed in tree holes and in small fishless pools.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2013.2
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Cruziohyla calcarifer (Boulenger, 1902)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 June 2014.