Vitreorana Antisthenesi
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''Vitreorana antisthenesi'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is endemic to northern Venezuela and is known from the Venezuelan Coastal Range. Common name Aragua glass frog has been coined for it. The systematic position of this species has changed many times. 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 and to '' Cochranella'' in 2006, before ending up in its current placement in the genus ''
Vitreorana ''Vitreorana'' is a genus of glass frogs that are native to South America, from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil and Argentina to the Amazon rainforest of Colombia and Ecuador and to the Venezuelan Coastal Range and the Guianas The Guianas, som ...
''. This species occurs in cloud forests and gallery forests at elevations between
above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...
. The eggs are laid on leaves overhanging streams. It is main threat is probably habitat loss caused by smallholder farming, logging, burning, and human settlements.


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antisthenesi Endemic fauna of Venezuela Amphibians of Venezuela Amphibians described in 1963 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Centrolenidae-stub