- Dendropsophus ebraccatus
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Dendropsophus ebraccatus 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Genus: Dendropsophus Species: D. ebraccatus Binomial name Dendropsophus ebraccatus
(Cope, 1874)Synonyms Hyla weyerae Taylor, 1954
Hyla ebraccataDendropsophus ebraccatus, commonly known as the hourglass treefrog or pantless treefrog, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, plantations , heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Hourglass Treefrog reproduces in a way different to most other frogs. This frog can lay its eggs on land or in water depending on its surrounding environment. If it has shade, it will lay them on leaves of plants above the pond. If it has a lack of or only a little, it will lay them in the water, usually attached to submerged vegetation. Either way the tadpoles survive. It is the only vertebrate animal known to be capable of laying eggs both in water and on land.
References
- Jungfer, K.-H., Lynch, J., Morales, M., Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Santos-Barrera, G. & Chaves, G. 2004. Dendropsophus ebraccatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
- Transitional Frog Lays Eggs on Water and Land - the hourglass treefrog is the first known vertebrate that can lay its eggs both in water and on land, LiveScience, 19 May 2008
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