Biology:Centrolene notosticta

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Centrolene notosticta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Genus: Centrolene
Species:
C. notosticta
Binomial name
Centrolene notosticta
Synonyms
  • Centrolene notostictum

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]

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Centrolene notosticta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T54928A85878033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54928A85878033.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54928/85878033. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  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. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Centrolenidae/Centroleninae/Centrolene/Centrolene-notostictum. 
  3. Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2015). "Centrolene notostictum Ruiz & Lynch, 1991". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015.0. www.batrachia.com. http://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/centrolenidae/centrolene-notostictum/. 
  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2100.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02100.html. 

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