Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

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| taxon = Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni

| authority = (Peracca, 1914)

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| Hyla fuhrmanni | Peracca, 1914

| Hyloscirtus fuhrmanni | — Noble, 1917

| Cryptobatrachus incertus | Barbour, 1926 }}

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Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni commonly known as Fuhrmann's backpack frog is a species of frog belonging to the family Hemiphractidae. It is endemic to Colombia and occurs on all three Andean cordilleras: the eastern slope of the Cordillera Occidental, the northern and eastern flanks of the Cordillera Central, and the western slope of the Cordillera Oriental. The specific name fuhrmanni is in honor of Otto Fuhrmann, a Swiss zoologist and helminthologist.

Description

Adult males measure {{convert|28|-|52|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and adult females {{convert|51|-|73|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The snout is short and the tympanum is small, showing no sexual dimorphism. The dorsolateral folds are thin, and the skin on the dorsum is finely granular with scattered larger warts. The fingers lack webbing but expanded disks at the tips with subarticular adhesive pads present.

Female frogs carry eggs on their backs, which undergo direct development, hatching as froglets (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage{{cite book|title=Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles |edition=4th |first1=Laurie J. |last1=Vitt |first2=Janalee P. |last2=Caldwell |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Academic Press |year=2014 |page=166}}).

Habitat and conservation

Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni is a common species of frog found on rocks in fast-flowing mountain streams within transition and montane forest at elevations ranging from {{convert|380|–|2050|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. While habitat loss due to agriculture and logging poses a threat to this species, it has shown tolerance for some habitat perturbation. Notably, it is found in the Reserva Regional Bosque de Florencia in Caldas.

References

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{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |name-list-style=amp |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA74 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |page=74}}

{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hemiphractidae/Cryptobatrachinae/Cryptobatrachus/Cryptobatrachus-fuhrmanni |title=Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni (Peracca, 1914) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2021 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=27 April 2021}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/hemiphractidae-29-spp/cryptobatrachus-fuhrmanni/ |title=Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni (Peracca, 1914) |author=Acosta Galvis, A. R. |year=2021 |work=Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia: Referencia en linea V.11.2021 |access-date=27 April 2021}}

{{cite journal |last1=Lynch |first1=John D. |title=A taxonomic revision of frogs of the genus Cryptobatrachus (Anura: Hemiphractidae) |journal=Zootaxa |date=2008 |volume=1883 |issue=1 |pages=28–68 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1883.1.2}}

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fuhrmanni

Category:Amphibians of the Andes

Category:Amphibians of Colombia

Category:Endemic fauna of Colombia

Category:Taxa named by Mario Giacinto Peracca

Category:Amphibians described in 1914

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot