Centrolene scirtetes

Centrolene scirtetes, the Tandayapa giant glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is only known from two locations on the Pacific versant of the Andes, its type locality near Tandayapa in the Pichincha Province of northern Ecuador, and from the Colombian Massif in the Nariño Department of southern Colombia.[3][4] It might be conspecific with Centrolene lynchi.[1][3]

Centrolene scirtetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Genus: Centrolene
Species:
C. scirtetes
Binomial name
Centrolene scirtetes
(Duellman and Burrowes, 1989)
Synonyms

Centrolenella scirtetes Duellman and Burrowes, 1989[2]

Description

The male holotype measures about 24 mm (0.94 in) in snout–vent length and two female paratypes about 26 mm (1.0 in). The snout is rounded in lateral view. Dorsal skin is shagreen with spinules. The hands and feet are moderately webbed.[2][5]

Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitats are humid upper montane forests at elevations of about 1,780–1,820 m (5,840–5,970 ft) above sea level. It lives on vegetation by streams. Its status is insufficiently known but potential threats include climate change, habitat loss, introduced fish species, pollution from the spraying of illegal crops, and chytridiomycosis.

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2019. Centrolene scirtetes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T54940A49366041. Downloaded on 20 July 2019.
  2. Duellman, W. E.; Burrowes, P. A. (1989). "New species of frogs, Centrolenella, from the Pacific versant of Ecuador and southern Colombia". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 132: 1–14.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Centrolene scirtetes (Duellman and Burrowes, 1989)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. Acosta Galvis, A. R. & D. Cuentas (2016). "Centrolene scirtetes (Duellman & Burrowes, 1989)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015. www.batrachia.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. Guayasamin, Juan M.; Bustamante, Martin R.; Almeida-Reinoso, Diego; Funk, W. Chris (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.
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