Strabomantis anatipes
Strabomantis anatipes (vernacular name: anatipes robber frog) is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in the Mira River drainage in extreme northern Ecuador and in adjacent southern Colombia (Nariño, Cauca, and Valle del Cauca Departments) in foothills and lower cloud forest on the Pacific lowlands and slopes of the Cordillera Occidental. It altitudinal range is 100–1,600 m (330–5,250 ft) asl.
| Strabomantis anatipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Craugastoridae |
| Genus: | Strabomantis |
| Species: | S. anatipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Strabomantis anatipes (Lynch and Myers, 1983) | |
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The specific name refers to the extensive foot webbing of the species: it is a compound of the Latin anatis (of a duck) and pes (foot).
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