Hyalinobatrachium duranti (Rivero, 1985)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Centrolenidae > Subfamily: Hyalinobatrachinae > Genus: Hyalinobatrachium > Species: Hyalinobatrachium duranti

Centrolenella duranti Rivero, 1985, Brenesia, 23: 336. Holotype: UPRM 5811, by original designation. Type locality: "La Mucuy, 2172 m, Edo. Mérida, Venezuela".

Centrolenella loreocarinata Rivero, 1985, Brenesia, 23: 342. Holotype: UPRM 5290, by original designation. Type locality: "La Mucuy, 2172 m, Edo Mérida, Venezuela". Synonymy by Señaris, 2001 "1999", Mem. Fund. La Salle Cienc. Nat., 152: 133.

Centrolenella pleurolineata Rivero, 1985, Brenesia, 23: 349. Holotype: UPRM 5567, by original designation. Type locality: "El Chorotal, Carretera Mérida a La Azulita, 1829 m, Edo. Mérida, Venezuela". Synonymy by Señaris, 2001 "1999", Mem. Fund. La Salle Cienc. Nat., 152: 133.

Centrolenella ostracodermoides Rivero, 1985, Brenesia, 23: 344. Holotype: UPRM 5814, by original designation. Type locality: "La Mucuy, 2172 m, Edo Mérida, Venezuela". Synonymy by Señaris, 2001 "1999", Mem. Fund. La Salle Cienc. Nat., 152: 133.

Hyalinobatrachium durantiRuiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 24.

Hyalinobatrachium loreocarinatumRuiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 24.

Hyalinobatrachium ostracodermoidesRuiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 24.

Hyalinobatrachium pleurolineatumRuiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 24.

English Names

Durant's Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium duranti: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 47).

La Mucuy Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium loreocarinatum [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 47).

Rivero's Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium ostracodermoides [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 47).

El Chorotal Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium pleurolineatum [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 47).

Distribution

Central section of the Mérida Andes, Venezuela, at 1830 to 2400 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Venezuela

Endemic: Venezuela

Comment

In the Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni group, according to Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 1-30. Señaris and Ayarzagüena, 2005, Rev. Taxonom. Fam. Centrolenidae de Venezuela: 172-182, provided a review of the morphology, natural history, and range of this species. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 23–24, for comments on range, taxonomy, and literature. 

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