Centrolene huilensis Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1995

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

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" huilenseGuayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009, Zootaxa, 2100: 56.

Centrolene huilensis — Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 19. 

English Names

Huila Glassfrog (Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, McDiarmid, Peña, and Hutter, 2020, Diversity, 12 (222): 48).

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; reported also from Reserva Yanayacu, Provincia del Napo, Ecuador. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia, Ecuador

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, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Lehr, and Guayasamin, 2012, Zootaxa, 3388: 64, confirmed the placement of this species in Centrolene. Ecuador record provided by Guayasamin and Funk, 2009, Zootaxa, 2220: 41–66. Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, McDiarmid, Peña, and Hutter, 2020, Diversity, 12 (222): 48–50, provided a detailed account, including adult morphology, relationships, natural history, and conservation status. Mendoza-Henao, Basto-Riascos, and Rada, 2019, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 5(2): 18–23, provided a detail account for Colombia. Mendoza-Henao, Duarte-Marín, and Rada, 2021, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 15 (2: e286): 156–171, reported on the advertisement call. 

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