Nymphargus oreonympha explained

Nymphargus oreonympha (common name: Caqueta Cochran frog) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae, formerly placed in Cochranella. It is endemic to Colombia where it occurs on the Cordillera Oriental in Florencia, the Caquetá Department.[1] Its natural habitat is cloud forest, including secondary forest, where it occurs on vegetation near streams. Its conservation status is unclear.

Male Nymphargus oreonympha grow to a snout–vent length of 24mm26mm. The dorsum has numerous small tubercles.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nymphargus oreonympha (Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991) . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 15 July 2014.
  2. Guayasamin . J. M. . Bustamante . M. R. . Almeida-Reinoso . D. . Funk . W. C. . amp . 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 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00223.x . free .

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