''Agalychnis danieli'', also known as the Antioquia leaf frog, is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the subfamily

Phyllomedusinae Phyllomedusinae is a subfamily of hylid tree frogs found in the Neotropics commonly called leaf frogs. Formerly, they were often considered as their own family, Phyllomedusidae. The subfamily is considered to be the sister group to the Austr ...

. It is

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to Colombia and only known from its type locality in the northern part of the western flank of the Cordillera Occidental in the

Antioquia Department ) , anthem = Himno de Antioquia , image_map = Antioquia in Colombia (mainland).svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Antioquia shown in red , image_ma ...

. The specific name ''danieli'' honours Brother Daniel Gonzales Patiño, a Colombian monk with naturalist inclinations who became the director of Natural History Museum of the Instituto de La Salle,

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. ''Agalychnis danieli'' is only known from a juvenile specimen collected from a leaf on vegetation near a stream in primary forest at about

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. Later survey to the type locality did not reveal new specimens. The habitat of this species is threatened by clearing of the forest for fruit and cacao cultivation. It might occur in the adjacent Las Orquídeas National Natural Park and Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve.

References

danieli Amphibians of the Andes Amphibians of Colombia Endemic fauna of Colombia Amphibians described in 1988 Taxa named by José Vicente Rueda Almonacid Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fauna of the northwestern Andean montane forests {{Phyllomedusinae-stub