Atrato glass frog

Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum

TAXONOMY

Centrolenella aureoguttatum Barrera-Rodrigues and Ruiz-Carranza, 1989, Chocó, Colombia, 14 mi (23 km) carretera El Carmen-Quibdo.

OTHER COMMON NAMES

None known.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Males are 0.8–0.9 in (20.4–23.3 mm), and females are 0.9 in (22.9–23.9 mm) in snout-vent length. The dorsum is yellow-green with scattered large brown chromatophores (pigment cells). Two to five large yellow spots free of the brown chromatophores are prominent dorsally. The bones are white.

DISTRIBUTION

This species ranges across the western slopes of the Andes in Colombia at elevations of 150–5,120 ft (45–1,560 m).

HABITAT

These frogs are active at night on vegetation 3.3–22.9 ft (1–7m) above rapidly flowing streams with abundant canopy and high local humidity.

BEHAVIOR

Not known.

FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET

Not known.

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

The call is unknown, but these frogs engage in axillary amplexus. Clutches of 25–35 clear green eggs are deposited in a translucent gelatinous mass on the undersides of leaves, usually Heliconia. Parental care is provided in the form of egg attendance within 2 in (5 cm) of the clutch or directly upon it.

CONSERVATION STATUS

Not threatened.

SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS

None known.