Andes giant glass frog

Andes giant glass frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Centrolenidae
Genus:Espadarana
Species: E. andina
Binomial name
Espadarana andina
(Rivero, 1968)
Synonyms[2]

Centrolenella andina Rivero, 1968
Centrolenella lentiginosa Rivero, 1985
Centrolene lentiginosum (Rivero, 1985)
Centrolene andinum (Rivero, 1968)

The Andes giant glass frog (Espadarana andina) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia and the Mérida Andes and Serranía del Perijá of Venezuela.[2] In Spanish, it is known as ranita de cristal Andina.[1]

Its natural habitats are cloud forests and montane evergreen dry forests. It lives along mountain streams and lays its eggs on vegetation over the streams. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 La Marca, E.; Rueda, J.V. & Ramírez Pinilla, M.P. (2004). "Espadarana andinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Espadarana andina (Rivero, 1968)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 February 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.