Nymphargus cariticommatus

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 cariticommatus

Name

Nymphargus cariticommatus (Wild, 1994)

• Holotype: KU 202806, adult ♂, collected by William E. Duellman, David M. Hillis, and John E. Simmons on 12 March 1984.
• Type locality: “11.2 km WSW Plan de Milagro (03°02′S, 78°35′W, 2350 m), Provincia Morona-Santiago, Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Cochranella cariticommata Wild, 1994: 304 [original c ombination]
• Nymphargus cariticommatus — Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2007: 34 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Wild, E.R. 1994. Two New Species of Centrolenid Frogs from the Amazonian Slope of the Cordillera Oriental, Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 28(3): 299–310. DOI: 10.2307/1564528 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. 

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: Nymphargus cariticommatus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T54950A98643731. Accessed on 24 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Unadorned Glassfrog
español: Rana de Cristal Escueta