Nymphargus megista

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Cochranella megista (Rivero, 1985)

Type locality: "Urrao, Parque Las Orquídeas (Polo), 1700-1800 m, Antioquia, Colombia".

Holotype: MHNCSJ 0294.

Centrolenella megista Rivero, 1985
Centrolenella megistra Rivero, 1985 Incorrect original spelling according to Rada and Guayasamin, 2008
Cochranella megistra — Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991
Cochranella megista — Rada & Guayasamin, 2008
"Cochranella" megista — Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009

Rivero, 1985, Brenesia, 23: 353.
Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 22.
Rada, M. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2008: Redescripción de Cochranella megista (Rivero, 1985) y ampliación de la distribución de nueve ranas de cristal (Anura: Centrolenidae) en Colombia. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. São Paulo 48: 89–101. PDF DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492008001200001
Guayasamin, J.M; Castroviejo-Fisher, S.; Trueb, L.; Ayarzagüena, J.; Rada, M.; Vilà, C. 2009: Phylogenetic systematics of glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne rithveni. Zootaxa, 2100: 1–97. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Nymphargus megista . Accessed on 16 April 2012.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Nymphargus megista (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 19 May 2008.

English: Urrao Cochran Frog