Vitreorana antisthenesi
| Vitreorana antisthenesi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Centrolenidae |
| Genus: | Vitreorana |
| Species: | V. antisthenesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitreorana antisthenesi (Goin, 1963) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Centrolenella antisthenesi Goin, 1963 | |
Vitreorana antisthenesi is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. Two common names are sometimes used to refer to this species: Rancho Grande Glass Frog and Aragua Glass Frog.
The systematic position of this species has recently changed. It was originally described under the genus Centrolenella (a genus now synonym of Centrolene) in 1963, it was later changed to the genus Hyalinobatrachium in 1991, but currently it is placed in the genus Vitreorana.
It is endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sources
- La Marca, E., Manzanilla, J. & Señaris, C. 2004. Vitreorana antisthenesi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
- Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. and R.W. McDiarmid. 2007. Revision of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its taxonomy and the description of new taxa of glassfrogs. Zootaxa 1572: 1-82. PDF Available by clicking here