''Centrolene huilensis'' is a species of
frog in the family
Centrolenidae. It is
endemic to Colombia and only known from the region of its
type locality near
Isnos
Isnos is a town and municipality in the Huila Department
Huila () is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva, Colombia, Neiva.
Demography and Ethnography
Huila is a departm ...
, on the
Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands.
Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges:
* Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America
** ...
in the
Huila Department.
Description
Males measure in snout–vent length. Texture of dorsal skin of males is shagreen with spinules.
Habitat and conservation
Its natural
habitats are sub-Andean forests (cloud forests). It occurs on vegetation beside water sources or in streams. Major threat to this species is
habitat destruction.
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References
huilensis
Amphibians of the Andes
Amphibians of Colombia
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Amphibians described in 1995
Taxa named by John Douglas Lynch
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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