
ANI110-00081
An endangered sleeping Ecuadorian monkey frog (Callimedusa ecuatoriana) at Centro Jambatu in Quito, Ecuador. This animal is originally from Paquisha, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. Mining is the major threat to this species, as well as habitat destruction due to urban development, agriculture, and deforestation.
Keywords
- amphibians
- black background
- Callimedusa ecuatoriana
- captivity
- Centro Jambatu
- Centro Jambatu de Investigacion y Conservacion de Anfibios
- ecuador
- Ecuadorian monkey frog
- Endangered Species
- frogs
- full length
- green
- one animal
- Paquisha
- Photo Ark
- Phyllomedusa ecuatoriana
- quito
- rare
- sleeping
- studio shot
- ventral view
- Zamora Chinchipe Province
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