Amazonian skittering frog - Scarthyla goinorum
( Duellman & de Sá, 1988 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It is found in swampy areas in lowland tropical flooded rainforest, including floating meadows, and is associated with streams, rivers and waterways. The eggs and larvae develop in water, but the egg deposition site is not known.

Range:
This is an Amazonian species of southern Colombia (Leticia; Lynch 2005); eastern Peru (departments of Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto); western Brazil (Acre, Amazonas and Pará; Bokermann 1962, Gascon 1994, Carmo Telles et al. 2017); and northern Bolivia (De la Riva et al. 2000). It has an elevational range of 50-200 m asl.

Conservation:
In Peru, this species is known to occur in the Tambopata National Reserve, Parque Nacional Manu, and might also occur in Allpahuayo Mishana, Alto Purus, Manu and Amarakaeri Reserved Zones, Pacaya Samiria National Reserve and Bahuaja Sonene National Park. It is present in many protected areas in Brazil.

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