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Dendropsophus frosti Motta, Castroviejo-Fisher, Venegas, Orrico, and Padial, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Dendropsophus

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Dendropsophus frosti Motta, Castroviejo-Fisher, Venegas, Orrico, and Padial, 2012, Zootaxa, 3249: 22. Holotype: ANDES-A1025, by original designation. Type locality: "Km 11 on the road from Leticia to Tarapacá (04° 06′ 24.2″ S, 69° 56′ 57.4″ W; 103 m.a.s.l.), Departamento Amazonas, Colombia".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known from two localities: the type locality near Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia, and in Amazonanian Peru at Piedreas (between Nueva Vida and San Pablo de Totolla, Provincia de Maynas, Loreto.

Comment

In the Dendropsophus parviceps group and the sister taxon of Dendropsophus brevifrons, according to the original publication.

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