Centrolene heloderma (Duellman, 1981)
Centrolenella heloderma Duellman, 1981, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 88: 4. Holotype: KU 164715, by original designation. Type locality: "Quebrada Zapadores, 5 km east-southeast of Chiriboga, 2010 m, Provincia de Pichincha, Ecuador (00° 17′ S, 78° 47′ W)".
Centrolene helodermum — Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 19. Unjustified treatment of the species name (a noun) as an adjective.
Centrolene helodermatum — Duellman, 1993, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 21: 35. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
English Names
Pichincha Giant Glass Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 46).
Distribution
Cloud forest on the Pacific slopes of the western Andes in Pichincha Province, Ecuador, and on the western slope of the Cordillera Occidental (departments of Cauca, Valle de Cauca, and Risaralda) of Colombia, 1900-2400 m elevation.
Comment
In the Centrolene prosoblepon group, according to Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 1-30. Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 52, discussed the species in Ecuador and provided access to the relevant literature. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 209. Catenazzi, Von May, Lehr, Gagliardi-Urrutia, and Guayasamin, 2012, Zootaxa, 3388: 64, confirmed the placement of this species in Centrolene.
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