Dendropsophus ebraccatus

"Hourglass treefrog" redirects here. For other uses, see Hourglass treefrog (disambiguation).

Dendropsophus ebraccatus
with hourglass back
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dendropsophus
Species:
D. ebraccatus
Binomial name
Dendropsophus ebraccatus
(Cope, 1874)
Range in Mexico: central Mexico (red), southern Pacific coast (blue) & Yucatan Peninsula (green)
Mexico and central america regions of D. ebraccatus range
Synonyms

Hyla weyerae Taylor, 1954
Hyla ebraccata

Dendropsophus ebraccatus, also known as the hourglass treefrog, referring to the golden-brown hourglass shape seen surrounded by skin yellow on its back.[2][3] Their underbellies are yellow.[3] Their arms and lower legs usually display bold patterns while their upper legs or thighs are light yellow giving them the appearance of wearing no pants. The species name "ebraccata" translates to "without trousers" in Latin.[4]

The hourglass treefrog is throughout Mexico from southern Veracruz and northern Oaxaca, slightly more southern in Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán Peninsula. The hourglass treefrog also presides south of Mexico in the northern Guatemala and Belize areas. The range of the hourglass treefrog becomes more scarce in Honduras and a few more known locations in Nicaragua, but then has been commonly reported again in Central America spanning from Costa Rica to Panama even venturing into Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.[5]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Dendropsophus ebraccatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55470A53954856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T55470A53954856.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lindsay (27 December 2010). "Hourglass tree frog | Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project". Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  3. ^ a b Cope, Edward D. (1874). "Description of Some Species of Reptiles Obtained by Dr. John F. Bransford, Assistant Surgeon United States Navy, while Attached to the Nicaraguan Surveying Expedition in 1873". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 26 (1): 64–72. ISSN 0097-3157. JSTOR 4624393.
  4. ^ "Hourglass Tree Frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) - The Night Tour - Drake Bay, Costa Rica". www.thenighttour.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  5. ^ Treinen-Crespo, Karla T. (January 9, 2019). "First record of the Hourglass Treefrog Dendropsophus ebraccatus (Cope, 1874) (Anura: Hylidae) in Yucatán State, Mexico". Herpetology Notes. 12: 31–33 – via ResearchGate.