Nymphargus cochranae (Goin, 1961)

Camper, Jeffrey D., Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Ron, Santiago R., Nilsson, Jonas, Arteaga, Alejandro, Knowles, Travis W. & Arbogast, Brian S., 2021, Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador, Check List 17 (3), pp. 729-751 : 733

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.729

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B463861E-C70F-2D50-FCB1-54AE4693F654

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Marcus

scientific name

Nymphargus cochranae (Goin, 1961)
status

 

Nymphargus cochranae (Goin, 1961) View in CoL

Material examined. ECUADOR • 1 adult; Napo Prov- ince, WWS, waterfall; 00.6859°S, 077.5986°W; 1405 m a.s.l.; 10 July 2010; QCAZ 48899 View Materials GoogleMaps 2 adults; Napo Prov- ince, WWS, Streamcreeper trail; 00.6714°S, 077.5987°W; 24 July 2014; QCAZ 57741 View Materials to 57742 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Identification. These small frogs are green dorsally with small blue dots and a white opaque peritoneum ventrally. They lack finger webbing and humeral spines present in some other species of glass frogs. Males range from 24.0– 26.2 mm SVL and females 27.8–30.2 mm SVL ( Ron et al. 2019).

Habitat. These glass frogs were found in both primary and secondary forest along trails. One specimen was found in the spray zone of the waterfall.

Rulyrana flavopunctata (Lynch & Duellman, 1973) Material examined. ECUADOR • 3 adults; Napo Prov- ince, WWS, waterfall; 00.6859°S, 077.5986°W; 1405 m a.s.l.; 25 July 2014; QCAZ 57751 View Materials to 57753 View Materials GoogleMaps 1 adult; Napo Province, WWS, Piha Trail , about 50 m from road; 12 July 2018; QCAZ 74801 View Materials .

Identification. These small frogs have bright green slightly granular skin with small yellow spots dorsally. The venter has an opaque white peritoneum. There is moderate webbing between fingers III and IV, and hu- meral spines are absent. Males are 20.6–23.2 mm SVL and females are 24.12–25.7 mm SVL ( Ron et al. 2019).

Habitat. This species was found in association with waterfalls and streams in both primary and secondary forest. Only one specimen was found along a trail in sec- ondary forest and not along a water course.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Centrolenidae

Genus

Nymphargus

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