Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Genus Vitreorana Higher classification Cochranella | Phylum Chordata Family Centrolenidae Scientific name Cochranella antisthenesi Rank Species | |
Similar Glass frog, Frog, Amphibians, Cochranella, Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum | ||
Vitreorana antisthenesi is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. Two common names are sometimes used to refer to this species: Rancho Grande Glass Frog and Aragua Glass Frog.
The systematic position of this species has recently changed. It was originally described under the genus Centrolenella (a genus now synonym of Centrolene) in 1963, it was later changed to the genus Hyalinobatrachium in 1991, but currently it is placed in the genus Vitreorana.
It is endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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