Nymphargus pluvialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Genus: Nymphargus
Species:
N. pluvialis
Binomial name
Nymphargus pluvialis
(Cannatella and Duellman, 1982)
Synonyms
  • Centrolenella pluvialis
    Cannatella and Duellman, 1982
  • Cochranella pluvialis
    (Cannatella and Duellman, 1982)

Nymphargus pluvialis is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is known from the area of its type locality, Pistipata, Río Umasbamba, in the Huayopata District as well as Manu National Park of the Cusco Region of Peru and La Paz, Bolivia. Its common name is Pistipata cochran frog, although it no longer is included in the genus Cochranella.[2]

Description

Male Nymphargus pluvialis measure 25–27 mm (0.98–1.06 in) in snout–vent length. Snout is truncate. Dorsal skin has warts and spinules.[3]

Habitat and conservation

Nymphargus pluvialis is only known from close to streams in montane and cloud forests, or, as was the case with the type locality, coffee and tea plantation with remnants of cloud forest. Individuals are calling during rainy nights from herbaceous plants on very wet cliffs and the upper sides of leaves over water adjacent to streams. Eggs are laid in clutches on the tips of the upper surfaces of the leaves. The tadpoles develop in streams.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nymphargus pluvialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T54980A89198648. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54980A89198648.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Nymphargus pluvialis (Cannatella and Duellman, 1982)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Guayasamin, J. M.; Bustamante, M. R.; Almeida-Reinoso, D. & Funk, W. C. (2006). "Glass frogs (Centrolenidae) of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with the description of a new species and comments on centrolenid systematics". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 147 (4): 489–513. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00223.x.
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