Nymphargus chancas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Centrolenidae
Subfamilia: Centroleninae
Tribus: Centrolenini
Genus: Nymphargus
Species: Nymphargus chancas

Name

Nymphargus chancas (Duellman & Schulte, 1993)

• Holotype: KU 211778, adult ♂, collected by W.E. Duellman on 5 February 1989.
• Type locality: “from the west slope of Abra Tangarana, 7 km (by road) northeast of San Juan de Pacaysapa (06°12′S, 76°44′W, 1080 m), Provincia Lamas, Departamento San Martín, Perú”.

Combinations

• Cochranella chancas Duellman & Schulte, 1993: 16 [original combination]
• Nymphargus chancas — Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2007: 34 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Duellman, W.E. & Schulte, R. 1993. New species of centrolenid frogs from northern Peru. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas 155: 1–33. BHL Reference page. 
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & McDiarmid, R.W. 2007. Revision of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its taxonomy and the description of new taxa of glassfrogs. Zootaxa 1572(1): 1–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1572.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Nymphargus chancas  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T54953A89198212. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T54989A85874200.en. Accessed on 25 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Peru Cochran Frog