''Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum'', also known as the Atrato Glass Frog and Sun Glassfrog,
is a species of
frog in the family
Centrolenidae. It is found in northern
Ecuador (
Esmeraldas and
Imbabura Provinces), Pacific lowlands and western slopes of the
Cordillera Occidental in
Colombia
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, and eastern
Panama (
Darién Province).
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Description
Males measure and females in snout–vent length. They are yellow-green dorsally, with numerous small brown and larger, more distinct creamy yellow spots. There is a diffuse green middorsal stripe. The ventral surface is transparent.[
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Reproduction
Males call from vegetation above streams. Clutch size is up to 35 eggs; eggs are green and encased in a gelatinous mass.[ Eggs are laid on the lower surface of leaves. After hatching the tadpoles fall into the stream below.][
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Habitat and conservation
Natural habitats of ''Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum'' are lowland primary and secondary rainforests as well as sub-Andean forests (cloud forest
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...
s). It occurs on vegetation next to streams. It is a very common species but at least locally threatened by habitat loss. It occurs in a number of protected areas.
References
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aureoguttatum
Amphibians of the Andes
Amphibians of Colombia
Amphibians of Ecuador
Amphibians of Panama
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1989