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Costa Rica brook frog

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Kingdom
  
Genus
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Duellmanohyla uranochroa

Higher classification
  
Duellmanohyla

Order
  
Frog

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Similar
  
Duellmanohyla, Frog, Isthmohyla, Isthmohyla rivularis, Lithobates vibicarius

Duellmanohyla uranochroa costa rica brook frog red eyed stream frog


The Costa Rica brook frog or red-eyed stream frog (Duellmanohyla uranochroa) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

As of 2013, This species is classified as endangered by the IUCN. Declines and local extinctions have been reported for populations (referred to as Hyla uranochroa) within the Monteverde region of Costa Rica's Cordillera de Tilaran, synchronous with the decline of 24 (from a total of 53) other amphibian species during 1990.

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Costa Rica brook frog Wikipedia