Hyalinobatrachium Duranti
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''Hyalinobatrachium duranti'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is endemic to the
Cordillera de Mérida The Cordillera de Mérida is a series of mountain ranges, or massif, in northwestern Venezuela. The Cordillera de Mérida is a northeastern extension of the Andes Mountains and the most important branch of the Venezuelan Andes. The ranges run south ...
, Venezuela. In Spanish it is known as ''ranita de cristal de Durant''. Its natural habitats are montane
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 where it occurs along cascading mountain streams. Its status is insufficiently known.


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duranti Amphibians of the Andes Amphibians of Venezuela Endemic fauna of Venezuela Taxa named by Juan A. Rivero Amphibians described in 1985 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Centrolenidae-stub