- Cochranella antisthenesi
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Aragua Glass Frog Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Centrolenidae Genus: Cochranella Species: C. antisthenesi Binomial name Cochranella antisthenesi
(Goin, 1963)Synonyms Centrolenella antisthenesi Goin, 1963
Hyalinobatrachium antisthenesi (Goin, 1963)Cochranella 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 Cochranella. This is probably still paraphyletic, and since new systematics works on the phylogeny of Centrolenidae are in progress, the generic position of this species is expected to change again in the near future.
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.
Source
- La Marca, E., Manzanilla, J. & Señaris, C. 2004. Hyalinobatrachium 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
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