Vitreorana ritae

Vitreorana ritae

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: Cochranellini
Genus: Vitreorana
Species: Vitreorana ritae

Name

Vitreorana ritae (Lutz in Lutz & Kloss, 1952)

• Holotype: MNRJ. [lost]
• Neotype: MCZ A96522, adult ♂, collected by Robert Bleiweiss on 16 January 1978. [designated by Cisneros-Heredia (2013: B2)]
• Type locality: “Benjamin Constant, Alto Solimões”, Estado do Amazonas, Brazil, redesignated by neotype designation to “the headwaters of Río Caiwima, a tributary of the Río Amayaca-Yacu, ca. 70 km NNE Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia (approximately 3°20′S, 70°20′W)” by Cisneros-Heredia (2013: B2).

Combinations

• Centrolene ritae Lutz in Lutz & Kloss, 1952: 658 [original combination]
• Centrolenella ritae — Duellman, 1977: 195 [subsequent combination]
• Cochranella ritae — Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991: 23 [subsequent combination]
• "Cochranella" ritae — Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada & Vilà, 2009: 58 [subsequent combination]
• Vitreorana ritae — Cisneros-Heredia, 2013: B2 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Centrolenella oyampiensis Lescure, 1975: 386 [synonymised by Cisneros-Heredia (2013: B2)]
  • Holotype: MNHN 1973.1673.
  • Type locality: “village Zidok (Haut-Oyapock), Guyane française”.

• Centrolenella ametarsia Flores, 1987: 185 [synonymised by Cisneros-Heredia (2013: B2)]
  • Holotype: MCZ A96522, adult ♂, collected by Robert Bleiweiss on 16 January 1978.
  • Type locality: “the headwaters of Río Caiwima, a tributary of the Río Amayaca-Yacu, ca. 70 km NNE Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia (approximately 3°20′S, 70°20′W)”.

References

Primary references

• Lutz, B. & Kloss, G.R. 1952. Anfíbios anuros do alto Solimões e Rio Negro. Apontamento sôbre algumas formas e suas vicariantes. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 50: 625–678.
• Lescure, J. 1975. Contribution à l’étude des amphibiens de Guyane Française. V. Les Centrolenidae. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 100: 385–394.
• Duellman, W.E. 1977. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Hylidae, Centrolenidae, Pseudidae. Das Tierreich 95: 1–225.
• Flores, G. 1987. A New Centrolenella from the Amazonian Lowlands of Colombia. Journal of Herpetology 21(3): 185–190. DOI: 10.2307/1564481 Reference page. 
• Ruiz-Carranza, P.M. & Lynch, J.D. 1991. Ranas Centrolenidae de Colombia I. Propuesta de una nueva clasificación genérica. Lozania 57: 1–30. Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M, Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Trueb, L., Ayarzagüena, J., Rada, M. & Vilà, C. 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni. Zootaxa 2100(1): 1–97. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2100.1.1 Reference page. 
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2013. Centrolene ritae Lutz is a senior synonym of Cochranella oyampiensis Lescure and Cochranella ametarsia Flores (Anura: Centrolenidae). Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías. Sección B 5(2): B1–B4. DOI: 10.18272/aci.v5i2.132 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Guayasamin, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., McDiarmid, R.W., Peña, P. & Hutter, C.R. 2020. Glassfrogs of Ecuador: Diversity, evolution, and conservation. Diversity 12(222): 1–285. DOI: 10.3390/d12060222 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Vitreorana ritae  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T55324252A88248274. Accessed on 28 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Rita's Glassfrog
español: Rana de Cristal de Rita