''Hyalinobatrachium ibama'' is a species of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...
in the family
Centrolenidae. It is found in the
Cordillera Oriental,
Santander Department,
Colombia
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, and in
Barinas,
Venezuela
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.
[
Its natural ]habitat
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s are old-growth forests near streams. It is threatened by habitat loss
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.
References
ibama
Amphibians of the Andes
Amphibians of Colombia
Amphibians of Venezuela
Amphibians described in 1998
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by John Douglas Lynch
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