Centrolene notosticta

Centrolene notosticta (common name: cordillera giant glass frog) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found on the Cordillera Oriental in Colombia (Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Santander, and Norte de Santander departments) and on its extension to north, Serranía del Perijá, in the Zulia state in Venezuela.[2][3]

Centrolene notosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Genus: Centrolene
Species:
C. notosticta
Binomial name
Centrolene notosticta
Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991
Synonyms
  • Centrolene notostictum

Description

Males measure 19–23 mm (0.75–0.91 in) in snout–vent length. They have a truncate snout and shagreen dorsum with spinules.[4]

Centrolene notosticta is one of the few Centroleninae species in which females place egg clutches on undersides of leaves.[5]

Habitat and conservation

The species' natural habitats are old growth cloud forests where it occurs on streamside vegetation. Tadpoles develop in water. Its elevational range is 1,600–2,440 m (5,250–8,010 ft) asl.[1]

It is an abundant species. Habitat loss and introduced species (trout) are threats, although it is not considered threatened as a whole.[1]

References
  1. Rueda, J.V. & Ramírez Pinilla, M.P. (2004). "Centrolene notostictum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Centrolene notostictum Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  3. Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2015). "Centrolene notostictum Ruiz & Lynch, 1991". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015.0. www.batrachia.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 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. Guayasamin, J. M.; Castroviejo-Fisher, S.; Trueb, L.; Ayarzagüena, J.; Rada, M. & Vilà, C. (2009). "Phylogenetic systematics of glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni". Zootaxa. 2100: 1–97.
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