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