Nymphargus megacheirus (Lynch and Duellman, 1973)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Centrolenidae > Subfamily: Centroleninae > Genus: Nymphargus > Species: Nymphargus megacheirus

Centrolenella megacheira Lynch and Duellman, 1973, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 16: 36. Holotype: KU 143245, by original designation. Type locality: "16.5 km NNE of Santa Rosa, 1700 m. on Quito--Lago Agrio road, Provincia Napo, Ecuador".

Cochranella megacheiraRuiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 22.

Nymphargus megacheirusCisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 34.

English Names

Santa Rosa Cochran Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 47).

Large-headed Glassfrog (Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, McDiarmid, Peña, and Hutter, 2020, Diversity, 12 (222): 193). 

Distribution

Amazonian slopes of Andes in Napo and Sucumbíos Provinces, Ecuador, and Departamento Putumayo, Colombia, 1300-1750 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia, Ecuador

Comment

In the Cochranella ocellata group according to Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 1-30. Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 56, discussed the species in Ecuador and noted the relevant literature. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Cochranella megacheira) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 214. See detailed literature review and account for Colombia by Arcila-Pérez and Rada, 2018, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 4: 54–58. Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, McDiarmid, Peña, and Hutter, 2020, Diversity, 12 (222): 193–195, provided a detailed account, including adult morphology, relationships, natural history, and conservation status.

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