Centrolene huilensis explained

Centrolene huilensis is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is endemic to Colombia and only known from the region of its type locality near Isnos, on the Cordillera Central in the Huila Department.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Males measure 24mm27mm in snout–vent length. Texture of dorsal skin of males is shagreen with spinules.^[3]

Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitats are sub-Andean forests (cloud forests). It occurs on vegetation beside water sources or in streams. Major threat to this species is habitat destruction.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Centrolene huilense Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1995 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2015 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 31 July 2015.
2. Web site: Centrolene huilense Ruiz & Lynch, 1995 . Acosta-Galvis, A.R. . 2015 . Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015 . www.batrachia.com . 31 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102938/http://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/centrolenidae/centrolene-huilense/ . 4 March 2016 . dead .
3. 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 .