Centrolene notosticta explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Males measure 19mm23mm in snout–vent length. They have a truncate snout and shagreen dorsum with spinules.^[3]

Centrolene notosticta is one of the few Centroleninae species in which females place egg clutches on undersides of leaves.^[4]

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 1600m-2440mm (5,200feet-8,010feetm) asl.

It is an abundant species. Habitat loss and introduced species (trout) are threats, although it is not considered threatened as a whole.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Centrolene notostictum Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2015 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 6 May 2015.
2. Web site: Centrolene notostictum Ruiz & Lynch, 1991 . Acosta-Galvis, A.R. . 2015 . Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.05.2015.0 . www.batrachia.com . 6 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232832/http://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/centrolenidae/centrolene-notostictum/ . 3 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 .
4. Guayasamin. J. M.. Castroviejo-Fisher. S.. Trueb. L.. Ayarzagüena. J.. Rada. M.. Vilà. C. . amp . 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni. Zootaxa. 2100. 1–97. 10.11646/zootaxa.2100.1.1. 1808/13694. free.