Diasporus citrinobapheus

Yellow dyer rainfrog
Diasporus citrinobapheus male holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae
Genus: Diasporus
Species: D. citrinobapheus
Binomial name
Diasporus citrinobapheus
Hertz et al., 2012[1]

Diasporus citrinobapheus, or yellow dyer rainfrog,[2] is a frog native to the Cordillera de Talamanca of western Panama.[1] It was first described in 2012.[3]

The specific name citrinobapheus is derived from the Greek citrinos (citrin-yellow) and bapheus (dyer) referring to the yellow body color that dyes one's fingers yellowish when the frog is handled.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hertz, A.; Hauenschild, F.; Lotzkat, S.; Köhler, G. (2012). "A new golden frog species of the genus Diasporus (Amphibia, Eleutherodactylidae) from the Cordillera Central, western Panama". ZooKeys. 196: 23–46. doi:10.3897/zookeys.196.2774. PMC 3361085Freely accessible. PMID 22679389.
  2. "New frog species from Panama dyes fingers yellow". Sciencedaily.com. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  3. "Diasporus citrinobapheus". Species-ID. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
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