Hyalinobatrachium orientale

Hyalinobatrachium orientale is a species of glass frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found on the island of Tobago and in eastern Venezuela (Paria Peninsula and Sierra de Lema).[2] Its common name is eastern glass frog (in Spanish ranita de cristal oriental).[1] The Tobagonian population has been described as subspecies Hyalinobatrachium orientalis tobagoensis (Hardy, 1984).[2] The latter is sometimes referred to as Tobago glass frog.[3] H. orientale is distributed throughout the Central Eastern ranges of the Cordillera de la Costa (the coastal mountain range) in Venezuela and Tobago Island with an altitudinal range of 190 to 1200 meters.[4]

Eastern glass frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Genus: Hyalinobatrachium
Species:
H. orientale
Binomial name
Hyalinobatrachium orientale
(Rivero, 1968)
Synonyms

Centrolenella orientalis Rivero, 1968

Glass frog embryos are able to hatch in regards to environmental cues with risk factors.[3] Egg clutches of glass frogs are always usually laid on the undersides of Heliconia leaves.[5]

Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References
  1. Señaris, C.; La Marca, E. & Hardy, J. (2004). "Hyalinobatrachium orientale". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55025A11241731. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55025A11241731.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Hyalinobatrachium orientale (Rivero, 1968)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. Lehtinen, Richard M. & Green, Sara E. (2019). "Life on a leaf: hatching plasticity in embryos of the Tobago glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium orientale tobagoense)". South American Journal of Herpetology. 14 (2): 146–149. doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00010.1.
  4. Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago; Señaris, J. Celsa; Ayarzagüena, José & Vilà, Carles (December 2008). "Resurrection of Hyalinobatrachium orocostale and notes on the Hyalinobatrachium orientale species complex (Anura: Centrolenidae)". Herpetologica. 64 (4): 472–484. doi:10.1655/07-049R2.1. hdl:10261/61150. ISSN 0018-0831.
  5. Nokhbatolfoghahai, Mohsen; Pollock, Christopher J. & Downie, J. Roger (2015). "Oviposition and development in the glass frog Hyalinobatrachium orientale (Anura: Centrolenidae)". Phyllomedusa. 14 (1): 3–17. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v14i1p3-17.


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