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Spotted Cochran frog

 
Animal Encyclopedia: Spotted Cochran frog

Cochranella ocellata

TAXONOMY

Hylella ocellata Boulenger, 1918, Huancabamba, eastern Peru.

OTHER COMMON NAMES

None known.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Males are 0.8–1.0 in (21.0–25.1 mm), and females are 1.1 in (29 mm) in snout-vent length. The dorsum is dark green with large, dark-edged, pale bluish white ocelli. The dorsal skin is shagreen. The bones are green.

DISTRIBUTION

This species lives on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Peru at elevations of 5,350–5,580 ft (1,630–1,700 m).

HABITAT

The spotted Cochran frog inhabits cloud forest.

BEHAVIOR

Not known.

FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET

Not known.

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

Not known.

CONSERVATION STATUS

Not threatened.

SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS

None known.

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