Nymphargus megacheirus

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

Familia: Centrolenidae
Subfamilia: Centroleninae
Tribus: Centrolenini
Genus: Nymphargus
Species: Nymphargus megacheirus

Name

Nymphargus megacheirus (Lynch & Duellman, 1973)

• Holotype: KU 143245, adult ♂, collected by Joseph T. Collins and William E. Duellman on 17 October 1971.
• Type locality: “16.5 km NNE of Santa Rosa, 1700 m. on Quito-Lago Agrio road, Provincia Napo, Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Centrolenella megacheira Lynch & Duellman, 1973: 36 [original combination]
• Cochranella megacheira — Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991: 22 [subsequent combination]
• Nymphargus megacheirus — Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2007: 34 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lynch, J.D. & Duellman, W.E. 1973. A review of the centrolenid frogs of Ecuador, with descriptions of new species. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas 16: 1–66. BHL Reference page. 
• Ruiz-Carranza, P.M. & Lynch, J.D. 1991. Ranas Centrolenidae de Colombia I. Propuesta de una nueva clasificación genérica. Lozania 57: 1–30. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Nymphargus megacheirus  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T54969A85873062. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54949A154331097.en. Accessed on 25 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Large-handed Glassfrog
español: Rana de Cristal de manos grandes