Centrolene charapita Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014

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

Centrolene charapita Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014, Zootaxa, 3851: 12. Holotype: MHNCP 13933, by original designation. Type locality: "near the village of La Oliva past the village of Muyo (a larger village roughly 49 km N from Bagua), Amazonas, Peru (5° 18′ 3.86″ S, 78° 23′ 44.57″ W, 682 m)". Zoobank publication registration: 9840D64B-F08C-44E7-B2DC-4818F8FFDD4F

English Names

Charapita Glassfrog (Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, McDiarmid, Peña, and Hutter, 2020, Diversity, 12 (222): 35). 

Distribution

Known  from the type locality (near La Oliva, ca. 49 km north of Bagua, Amazonas, Peru, 682 m elevation; also known from Reserva Natural Maycu, Provincia Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador, 940 to 1219 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador, Peru

Comment

Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014, Zootaxa, 3851:1-87. provided the Ecuador record. See Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, McDiarmid, Peña, and Hutter, 2020, Diversity, 12 (222): 35–34, provided a detailed account, including adult morphology, relationships, natural history, and conservation status.

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