Appearance
Males measure 38–45 mm and females 40–51 mm in snout–vent length. The dorsum is pale green with dark blotches. A yellow of coffee colored medial vertebral stripe yellow might be present. The flanks vary from cream to light brown with darker spots that can approach black. In males, the dorsal skin has a mixture of small and large tubercles with keratinized points, whereas in adult females the dorsal tubercles are very dispersed. The head is almost as long as wide; the snout is truncated. The finger disks are expanded.
Naming
The specific name "buckleyi" honours Clarence Buckley, a collector active in Ecuador in 1880s and who collected the type series. It is probably a species complex. Some sources treat "Osteocephalus vilmae" from Ecuador and Peru as a valid species.Status
It can locally be threatened by habitat loss.Habitat
Natural habitats of "Osteocephalus buckleyi" are old and second growth rainforests and forest edges. It occurs at elevations below 700 m above sea level in Colombia.References:
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