Andes giant glass frog

Andes giant glass frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Genus: Espadarana
Species: E. andina
Binomial name
Espadarana andina
Rivero, 1968[2]
Synonyms

Centrolene lentiginosum Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991
Centrolene andinum (Rivero, 1968)

The Andes giant glass frog (Espadarana andina) is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. In Spanish, it is known as ranita de cristal Andina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 La Marca, E.; Rueda, J.V. & Ramírez Pinilla, M.P. (2004). "Espadarana andinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Espadarana andina (Rivero, 1968)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 April 2013.


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