Centrolene bacata

Centrolene bacata is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is known from three localities; one on the Colombian Massif in Putumayo Department in southern Colombia, and two on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental in the Morona-Santiago and Napo provinces, Ecuador.[2][3]

Centrolene bacata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Genus: Centrolene
Species:
C. bacata
Binomial name
Centrolene bacata
Wild, 1994
Synonyms
  • Centrolene bacatum

Description

Males measure 19–22 mm (0.75–0.87 in) and one female 21 mm (0.83 in) in snout–vent length. Dorsum is dark green with shagreen skin with spinules and white warts. Iris is pale bronze with black reticulation.[4]

Reproduction

Males call from the upper side of leaves at night above streams.[4] The call is a series of four to five high-pitched clicks, increasing in volume with the clicks and lasting about one second. Eggs are laid on the upper side, or more often, underside side of leaves, a few meters above the stream. There is no guarding of the eggs.[5]

Habitat and conservation

The species' natural habitats are montane primary forests, and to a lesser extent, secondary forests. Reproduction takes place along streams.[1]

Not enough is known about the distribution and ecological requirements to assess its conservation status. It occurs at the Yanayacu Biological Station, a protected area. Its habitat is threatened by agricultural development, logging, and human settlement.[1]

References
  1. Juan Manuel Guayasamin (2010). "Centrolene bacatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T54906A11219435. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T54906A11219435.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Centrolene bacatum Wild, 1994". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2015). "Centrolene bacatum Wild, 1994". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015.0. www.batrachia.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  4. Guayasamin, J. M.; Bustamante, M. R.; Almeida-Reinoso, D. & Funk, W. C. (2006). "Glass frogs (Centrolenidae) of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with the description of a new species and comments on centrolenid systematics". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 147 (4): 489–513. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00223.x.
  5. Hampton, Paul M. & Otto, Kelly L. (2014). "Notes on the reproductive biology of the glass frog Centrolene bacatum (Anura: Centrolenidae)" (PDF). Phyllomedusa. 13 (2): 137–140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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