Nymphargus ruizi explained

Nymphargus ruizi (common name: Ruiz's Cochran frog) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae, formerly placed in Cochranella.It is endemic to Colombia where it is known from the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental and the eastern slopes of the Farallones de Cali.^[1] Its natural habitats are sub-Andean forests next to streams. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural expansion, logging, human settlement, and water pollution.

Nymphargus ruizi are relatively small frogs: adult males measure 24mm26mm in snout–vent length. The skin of the dorsum is smooth, with or without spinules. Vomerine teeth are absent.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nymphargus ruizi (Lynch, 1993) . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 9 July 2014.
2. 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 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00223.x . 2015-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051309/http://200.31.31.2/Vertebrados/Recursos/publicaciones/Cientifica/2006_Guayasamin_etal_2006_Glassfrogs-Yanayacu.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead . free .