Teratohyla adenocheira

Teratohyla adenocheira is a species of frogs in the family Centrolenidae. It is known from the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, its type locality in eastern Bolivia, as well as more widely from Brazil, in the states of Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia.[3] The species' closest relative is T. Midas.[4]

Teratohyla adenocheira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Genus: Teratohyla
Species:
T. adenocheira
Binomial name
Teratohyla adenocheira
(Harvey and Noonan, 2005)
Synonyms[3]

Cochranella adenocheira Harvey and Noonan, 2005[2]

Description

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Adult males in the type series (three specimens) measure 21.4–22.4 mm (0.84–0.88 in) in snout–vent length (SVL).[2] An unsexed specimen from Rondônia measured 25 mm (0.98 in) SVL.[5] The head wider than the body. The snout is short and round in dorsal view, but truncate in profile. The eyes are large. The tympanum is distinct. The arms are short but the legs are relatively long. The fingers are slightly webbed whereas the toes are extensively webbed. The dorsum is dark green with bright yellow spots. The dermal folds and glands are white. Gular and ventral skin is translucent. The iris is yellow-green.[2]

Habitat and conservation

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Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests,[1] although a specimen has also been collected in a secondary forest on a river bank, on the surface of the palm Lepidocaryum.[5] The type series were found on vegetation along a sandy stream bed.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Teratohyla adenocheira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T61763A154335818. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Harvey, Michael B.; Noonan, Brice P. (2005). "Bolivian glass frogs (Anura: Centrolenidae) with a description of a new species from Amazonia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 118 (2): 428–441. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[428:BGFACW]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 58940530.
  3. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Teratohyla adenocheira (Harvey and Noonan, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. ^ Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago; Guayasamin, Juan M.; Gonzalez-Voyer, Alejandro; Vilà, Carles (2013-11-26). "Neotropical diversification seen through glassfrogs". Journal of Biogeography. 41 (1): 66–80. doi:10.1111/jbi.12208. hdl:10261/89113. ISSN 0305-0270. S2CID 19504347.
  5. ^ a b de Oliveira, U. S. C.; Meneghelli, D.; Messias, M. R. (2012). "Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae, Cochranella adenocheira Harvey and Noonan, 2005: Distribution and geographic extension in the state of Rondônia, Brazil". Check List. 8: 145–146. doi:10.15560/8.1.145.