Centrolene Charapita
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Centrolene Charapita
''Centrolene'' is a genus of glass frogs in the family (biology), family Centrolenidae. The adult males are characterized by having a humeral spine, as most members of this family. The delimitation of this genus versus ''Cochranella'' is not fully resolved, and some species formerly in ''Centrolenella'' — which is nowadays synonym (biology), synonymized with ''Centrolene'' — are now in ''Hyalinobatrachium''. The genus is known as "giant glass frogs", but this is merely relative to the rest of their family, which contains numerous extremely diminutive species. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Centrolene'': References [Baidu]  


Centrolene Antioquiense
''Centrolene antioquiensis'', commonly known as the Antioquia giant glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae that is endemic to Colombia. Water pollution from agriculture, and more locally deforestation, threatens this species. Range and habitat ''C. antioquiensis'' is known only from the slopes of the Cordillera Central (Colombia), Cordillera Central in the Colombian departments of Antioquia Department, Antioquia, Caldas Department, Caldas, and Tolima Department, Tolima. It can be found in riparian montane forests at elevations of above sea level, and appears to mostly inhabit the Canopy (biology), canopy. Conservation status ''C. antioquiensis'' is listed as near threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, with its extent of occurrence estimated at . It may occur within a protected area, the Parque Nacional Natural Selva de Florencia, but further research is needed to determine its full distribution, ecology, and population size. T ...
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