Leucostethus fugax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dendrobatidae
Genus: Leucostethus
Species:
L. fugax
Binomial name
Leucostethus fugax
(Morales & Schulte, 1993)
Synonyms
  • Colostethus fugax Morales & Schulte, 1993

Leucostethus fugax is a species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. It is endemic to the valley of Pastaza River, on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental, southern Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitats are moist forests, in a transition zone between humid tropical forest and very humid premontane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Ana Almendáriz, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron (2004). "Leucostethus fugax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55085A11238310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55085A11238310.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Colostethus fugax Morales and Schulte, 1993". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 March 2015.


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