Andes giant glass frog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Centrolenidae |
Genus: | Espadarana |
Species: | E. andina |
Binomial name | |
Espadarana andina (Rivero, 1968) |
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Synonyms | |
Centrolenella andina Rivero, 1968 |
Centrolenella andina Rivero, 1968
Centrolenella lentiginosa Rivero, 1985
Centrolene lentiginosum (Rivero, 1985)
Centrolene andinum (Rivero, 1968)
The Andes giant glass frog (Espadarana andina) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia and the Mérida Andes and Serranía del Perijá of Venezuela. In Spanish, it is known as ranita de cristal Andina.
Its natural habitats are cloud forests and montane evergreen dry forests. It lives along mountain streams and lays its eggs on vegetation over the streams. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.