Andes giant glass frog

Espadarana andina

The Andes giant glass frog is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia and the Mérida Andes and Serranía del Perijá of Venezuela.
Andes Giant Glass Frog (Espadarana andina) Supata, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Nov 5, 2022 Andes giant glass frog,Colombia,Espadarana andina,Fall,Geotagged

Habitat

Its natural habitats are cloud forests and montane evergreen dry forests. It lives along mountain streams and lays its eggs on vegetation over the streams. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Reproduction

A study conducted in a stream located in the Vereda Agua Blanca, Río Frio River basin in Santander, Colombia, analyzed patterns of reproduction sites in "Espadarana andina". The study concluded that preferences for sites used by males to call for females, and for females to oviposit was not impacted by environmental factors such as transitions to and from rainy and dry seasons, time of day, or month of the year. The study showed that oviposition occurred the most on the invasive plant "Hedychium coronarium".

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyCentrolenidae
GenusEspadarana
SpeciesE. andina
Photographed in
Colombia