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Centrolene huilense Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1995

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Centrolenidae > Subfamily: Centroleninae > Genus: Centrolene

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Centrolene huilense Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1995, Lozania, 65: 10. Holotype: ICN 7462, by original designation. Type locality: "Colombia, Departamento de Huila, munipicipio de San José de Isnos, 1 Km. NW Isnos, vertiente oriental de la Cordillera Central, 1° 57′ Latitud N, 76° 15′ W de Greenwich, 2190 m."

"Centrolene" huilense — Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009, Zootaxa, 2100: 56.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from region of the type locality on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central in the Departamento de Huila, Colombia, 1980-2190 m elevation.

Comment

In the Centrolene prosoblepon group according to the original publication. Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009, Zootaxa, 2100: 56, regarded this species as incertae sedis within Centroleninae. Catenazzi, Von May, Lehr, Gagliardi-Urrutia, and Guayasamin, 2012, Zootaxa, 3388: 64, confirmed the placement of this species in Centrolene.

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