Nymphargus laurae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Nymphargus laurae Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2007: 37

Holotype: USNM 288453 (original number OV 3298), adult ♂, collected by Jorge Olalla in October 1955.
Type locality: “'Loreto, Upper Rio Napo' (= Loreto region, near the town of Loreto) (ca. 77°20′ S, 00°40′ W, ca. 500 m elevation), lower slopes of the Sumaco Volcano, on the Cordillera Oriental, eastern slopes of the Andes, Provincia de Orellana, República del Ecuador”.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & McDiarmid, R.W. 2007. Revision of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its taxonomy and the description of new taxa of glassfrogs. Zootaxa 1572(1): 1–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1572.1.1 Reference page.

Guayasamin, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., McDiarmid, R.W., Peña, P. & Hutter, C.R. 2020. Glassfrogs of Ecuador: Diversity, evolution, and conservation. Diversity 12(222): 1–285. DOI: 10.3390/d12060222 Reference page.
Sánchez-Carvajal, M.J., Reyes-Ortega, G.C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Ortega-Andrade, H.M. 2021. Rediscovery of Laura’s glassfrog Nymphargus laurae (Anura: Centrolenidae) with new data on its morphology, colouration, phylogenetic position and conservation in Ecuador. PeerJ 9: e12644. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12644 Reference page.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Nymphargus laurae (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T135996A98657700. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54948A85872712.en. Accessed on 20 January 2023.