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Osteopilus septentrionalis
(Cuban Treefrog)

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Amphibians-Frogs
Exotic to United States

Specimen ID

166702

Group

Amphibians-Frogs

Genus

Osteopilus

Species

septentrionalis

Common Name

Cuban Treefrog

State

County

Ellis

Locality

Hays, Ellis County

HUC8 Name

Big

HUC8 Number

10260007

Latitude

38.879178

Longitude

-99.32677

Lat-Long Source

Map derived

Lat-Long Accuracy

Approximate

Map

Day

Month

7 (July)

Year

2003

Year Accuracy (Specimen)

Actual

Contact

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Primary Pathway

hitch hiker on plants

Status

collected

Reference #1

Ref. Number	15694
Author	Taggart, T.W.
date	2006
title	Kansas herpetofaunal atlas: an online reference.
publisher	Fort Hays State University

Comments

A single specimen was found alive in a shipment of flowers. It cannot endure Kansas winters.

Record Type

Website

Earliest Record

state

Disposal

Sternberg Museum of Natural History

Museum Catalog No

MHP 11499

Fresh/Marine Introduction

Freshwater

Number Collected/Observed

Number Preserved

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