- Amphibian Species of the World on Twitter
- What is the right name?
- Curator's blog
- Running log of additions and changes, 2023
- Logs of changes and additions, 2014–2022
- How to cite
- How to use
- History of the project, 1980 to 2023
- Comments on amphibian taxonomy relating to versions 3.0 to 6.1 (2004 to 2023)
- Scientific Nomenclature and Its Discontents
- Structure of the taxonomic records
- Contributors and reviewers for Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (1985)
- Contributors, online editions
- Versions
- Museum abbreviations
- Links to useful amphibian systematic, conservation, collection management, informational, and/or regional sites
- Links to useful FREE library sites
- Copyright and terms of use
Nymphargus megacheirus (Lynch and Duellman, 1973)
Centrolenella megacheira Lynch and Duellman, 1973, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 16: 36. Holotype: KU 143245, by original designation. Type locality: "16.5 km NNE of Santa Rosa, 1700 m. on Quito--Lago Agrio road, Provincia Napo, Ecuador".
Cochranella megacheira — Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 22.
Nymphargus megacheirus — Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 34.
English Names
Santa Rosa Cochran Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 47).
Large-headed Glassfrog (Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, McDiarmid, Peña, and Hutter, 2020, Diversity, 12 (222): 193).
Distribution
Amazonian slopes of Andes in Napo and Sucumbíos Provinces, Ecuador, and Departamento Putumayo, Colombia, 1300-1750 m elevation.
Geographics occurrence
Natural resident: Colombia, Ecuador
Comment
In the Cochranella ocellata group according to Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991, Lozania, 57: 1-30. Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007, Zootaxa, 1572: 56, discussed the species in Ecuador and noted the relevant literature. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Cochranella megacheira) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 214. See detailed literature review and account for Colombia by Arcila-Pérez and Rada, 2018, Catal. Anf. Rept. Colombia, Medellín, 4: 54–58. Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, McDiarmid, Peña, and Hutter, 2020, Diversity, 12 (222): 193–195, provided a detailed account, including adult morphology, relationships, natural history, and conservation status.
External links:
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
- For images search CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For additional information see AmphibiaWeb report
- For information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist
- For additional information specific to Ecuador see FaunaWebEcuador: Anfibios del Ecuador
- For access to available specimen data for this species, from over 350 scientific collections, go to Vertnet.