Nymphargus megista

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

Nymphargus megista (Rivero, 1985)

Holotype: MHNCSJ 0294, adult ♀, collected by Marco A. Serna on 20 May 1980. [lost fide Rada & Guayasamin (2008: 93)]
Neotype: MHNCSJ 0291 (=MHUA 5851), adult ♂, collected by Marco A. Serna on 20 May 1980. [designated by Rada & Guayasamin (2008: 93)]
Type locality: “Urrao, Parque Las Orquídeas (Polo), 1700-1800 m, Antioquia, Colombia”.

Centrolenella megista Rivero, 1985: 353 [original combination]
Centrolenella megistra Rivero, 1985: 353 [Incorrect original spelling according to Rada & Guayasamin (2008: 92)]
Cochranella megistra — Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991: 22 [subsequent combination]
Cochranella megista — Rada & Guayasamin, 2008: 92 [subsequent combination]
"Cochranella" megista — Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada & Vilà, 2009: 57 [subsequent combination, incerti generis]
Nymphargus megistus — Trageser, Maynard, Culebras, Kohn, Quezada & Guayasamin, 2021: 30 [subsequent combination]

Rivero, J.A. 1985. Nuevos centrolénidos de Colombia y Venezuela. Brenesia 23: 335–373. 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.
Rada, M. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2008. Redescripción de Cochranella megista (Rivero, 1985) y ampliación de la distribución de nueve ranas de cristal (Anura: Centrolenidae) en Colombia. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 48: 89–101. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492008001200001 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.
Trageser, S.J., Maynard, R.J., Culebras, J., Kohn, S., Quezada, A. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2021. Phylogenetic position of the glassfrog “Cochranella” megista (Anura: Centrolenidae) and first records for Ecuador. Phyllomedusa 20(1): 27–35. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v20i1p27-35 Reference page.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2017. IUCN: Nymphargus megista (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T54970A85872984. DOI: /10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T54970A85872984.en. Accessed on 23 January 2023.

English: Urrao Glassfrog