Centrolene sanchezi
Centrolene sanchezi is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Andes mountains in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Centrolenidae |
| Genus: | Centrolene |
| Species: | C. sanchezi |
| Binomial name | |
| Centrolene sanchezi Ruíz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991 | |
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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.[2]
Reproduction
Males call from the upper side of leaves at night above streams.[2] 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.[3]
Habitat and conservation
The species' natural habitats are montane primary forests, and to a lesser extent, secondary forests. Reproduction takes place along streams.[4]
It occurs at the Yanayacu Biological Station, a protected area. Its habitat is threatened by agricultural development, logging, and human settlement.[4]
References
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Centrolene sanchezi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T195897278A195940041. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.