Hemiphractus johnsoni

Hemiphractus johnsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Hemiphractus
Species:
H. johnsoni
Binomial name
Hemiphractus johnsoni
(Noble, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Cerathyla johnsoni Noble, 1917
  • Hemiphractus johnsoni Noble, 1926

Johnson's horned tree frog, Sumaco horned tree frog, or rana de casco narizona (Hemiphractus johnsoni) is a frog. It lives in Colombia.

Home

People see this frog on low plants and on dead leaves on the ground in cloud forest. It only lives in forests that were never cut down. Scientists do not think this frog is good at living in places that people have changed. Scientists have seen the frog between 1,350 and 2,000 m (4,430 and 6,560 ft) above sea level.

Scientists have seen the frog in a protected place: Parque Natural Selva de Florencia.

Food

This frog eats other frogs.

Young

The female frog carries her eggs on her back. The eggs hatch into small froglets, not swimming tadpoles.

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say the frogs are in danger of dying out. People change the places where the frogs live by cutting down forests to make farms and places for animals to eat grass.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Johnson's Horned Treefrogs: Hemiphractus johnsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T55369A85898110. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T55369A85898110.en. Retrieved July 10, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Hemiphractus johnsoni (Noble, 1917)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 10, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Hemiphractus johnsoni (Noble, 1917)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 10, 2026.