Hyloscirtus mashpi

The Mashpi stream tree frog (Hyloscirtus mashpi) is a frog. It lives in Ecuador.  Scientists have seen it between 778 and 1279 meters above sea level.  It lives on the west side of the Andes Mountains.  It lives in cloud forests.

The adult male frog is about 28.7-33.8 mm long from nose to rear end.  The adult female frog is about 37.0-38.5 mm long.  The skin of the adult male frog's back is light green-yellow with a brown line down the middle.  The skin of the adult female frog's back is light brown with a dark brown line down the middle.  The iris of the eye is brown in color with black lines in it.  The webbed skin between the toes is yellow-green in color.  The bones are white in color.

Scientists named this frog after the Reserva de Biodiversidad Mashpi, where it lives.

The scientists found many frogs in the same places.  They think the frogs can resist disease.

References

Category:Frogs of South America