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A Fringe-Limbed Glassfrog (Cochranella euknemos) tadpole in a conservation breeding program.
Cochranella euknemos, the Fringe-Limbed Glassfrog, inhabits wet forest from Costa Rica south to Colombia. It is a member of the family Centrolenidae. Males call to females above flowing water. Females prepared to breed go to calling males and a clutch of eggs is deposited on leaves above the water. The hatching tadpoles fall into the water below. Frogs of this family typically have translucent ventral surfaces through which the beating heart and all viscera can easily be observed. This tadpole was produced in an amphibian conservation program in 2011, photographed in 2012.
''Cochranella euknemos'', sometimes known as the San Jose Cochran frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in central Costa Rica and south/eastward to Panama and to the western flank of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia .
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