Fleischmann's Glass Frog
𝐇𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢, also known as 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧'𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 or the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, is a species of frog in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. It is found in the 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 from 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 to 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫. Specifically , these frogs occur in 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨, 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐄𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫, 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚, 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬, 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫.
This frog tends to have 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 and 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡.𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 are 𝟏𝟗–𝟐𝟖 𝐦𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, while 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 from 𝟐𝟑–𝟑𝟐 𝐦𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. They have a 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 with 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. Their 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 has 𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐬 which 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 that of the 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 in the 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚. When 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 or 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝, they tend to 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐮𝐩 and 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞. They are 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 and they 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 such as 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, and even 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬.
𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧'𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, and these frogs usually 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 up to 𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 in 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 and 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.They have a 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 from 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 to 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 and 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 and are one of the 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of their 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 (𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 to 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐦). In 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚, these frogs live in 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬, and even in 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. They 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 such as the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, or 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬.
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