Batrachyla fitzroya

Batrachyla fitzroya is a species of frog in the family Batrachylidae. It is endemic to Argentina and only known from its type locality, Isla Grande in Lake Menéndez, in the Los Alerces National Park, Chubut Province.[3] The specific name fitzroya refers to Fitzroya cupressoides, a prominent tree at the type locality.[2]

Batrachyla fitzroya is only known from Isla Grande in Lake Menéndez, Los Alerces National Park, Argentina

Batrachyla fitzroya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Batrachylidae
Genus: Batrachyla
Species:
B. fitzroya
Binomial name
Batrachyla fitzroya
Basso, 1994[2]

Description

The type series consists of three males and two females measuring 28–35 mm (1.1–1.4 in) in snout–vent length; the holotype, an adult male, measures 31 mm (1.2 in). They eyes are inconspicuous. The tympanum is small, about half of the eye diameter. The snout is rounded in dorsal view and truncated in lateral view. The fingers and the toes are long; the fingers are free from webbing but the toes are basally webbed. The dorsum is brown with darker, diffuse blotches. There is a V-shaped inter-ocular band and concave supra-scapular bands. The limbs are cross-banded.[2] The belly is unpigmented apart from some minute gray spots. Dorsal skin is smooth.[2][4]

Habitat and conservation

The type locality is a very humid temperate Nothofagus-dominated forest at 500 m (1,600 ft) above sea level. Breeding habitat is unknown but could be small temporary pools. The species is locally common within its restricted range. Isla Grande is a highly protected area and entirely with the limits of the Los Alerces National Park.[1]

References
  1. Úbeda, C.; Basso, N.; Lavilla, E.; Blotto, B. (2004). "Batrachyla fitzroya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T56331A11462569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56331A11462569.en.
  2. Basso, Néstor G. (1994). "Una nueva especies de Batrachyla (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Telmatobiinae) de Argentina. Relaciones filogenéticas interespecíficas". Cuadernos de Herpetología (in Spanish). 8 (1): 51–56. hdl:10915/6243.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Batrachyla fitzroya Basso, 1994". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. Formas, J. Ramón (1997). "A new species of Batrachyla (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from southern Chile". Herpetologica. 53 (1): 6–13. JSTOR 3893239.
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