Hyloxalus sordidatus

Hyloxalus sordidatus is a frog.  It lives in Peru.

Body

The adult male frog is about 29.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 36.1 mm long. This frog has disks on the toes of all four feet for climbing. The skin of the frog's back is light brown in color. There are dark brown stripes on all four legs. The backs of the legs are light brown. There is a dark brown stripe from the nose to the eye to the ear all the way to the rear end. There is a dull white stripe from the middle of the body to the rear end. There is a dark brown curved mark on each front leg. The adult male frog has a gray belly and the adult female frog has a white belly. The throat and chest are bright yellow.  There are gray-tan hard places on the body. The iris of the eye is red-bronze in color with black marks and a brown stripe in it. The male frog's male organs are white in color.

Voice

This frog's voice sounds like a whistle. The frog makes ten sounds at a time.

Home

Scientists saw this frog in exactly two places, both in the Cordillera Central, one 500 meters above sea level and the other 520 meters above sea level. This frog lives in rainforests that human beings have changed and in thorn forests where it is very dry. People saw this frog near streams. During the day, this frog hides under big rocks.  This frog is awake at night.

Young
Scientists saw tadpoles swimming in streams. During part of its life, the tadpole is 12.5 mm long without the tail and 30.0 mm long with the tail. The body is round and wider than it is tall. The nose is round. Its eyes are on the top of its head and look out to the top and sides. The body is brown in color and the tail is light orange in color.

Danger
Scientists do not know if this frog is in danger of dying out. They saw it in forests that human beings had cut, so they think it might be good at living in places that humans have changed.

First paper

References

Category:Frogs of South America