Niceforonia aderca

Niceforonia adercus is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Colombia and only known from its type locality, Betulia, Santander, on the western flank of the Cordillera Oriental.[2][4] It is only known from the holotype[1] collected in 2001.[3]

Niceforonia aderca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Niceforonia
Species:
N. adercus
Binomial name
Niceforonia adercus
(Lynch, 2003)
Synonyms[2]
  • Eleutherodactylus adercus Lynch, 2003[3]
  • Hypodactylus adercus (Lynch, 2003)

Description

The holotype is an adult male measuring 19 mm (0.75 in) in snout–vent length. The head is broader than body. The snout is subacuminate dorsally and sloping in lateral view. The supratympanic fold obvious and obscuring upper edge of the tympanum that is otherwise round. Skin is smooth apart from the flanks that are granular. Fingers have no lateral fringes nor discs, whereas the toes bear prominent discs. The dorsum is dark brown, and there is a pale brown line running along the canthus rostralis to the tip of the snout. The throat and abdomen are dark gray. The feet are dirty yellow under. The iris is dark and has some metallic golden flecks.[3]

Habitat and conservation

The holotype was found in leaf litter in mature cloud forest at 2,280 m (7,480 ft) above sea level.[1][3][4] Specific threats to this species are unknown, but it is presumably impacted by habitat loss caused by smallholder farming and subsistence wood extraction.[1]

References
  1. Lynch, J. (2004). "Hypodactylus adercus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T56398A11462664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56398A11462664.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Hypodactylus adercus (Lynch, 2003)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. Lynch, J. D. (2003). "A new species of frog from northeastern Colombia (genus Eleutherodactylus: Leptodactylidae)" (PDF). Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. 27: 287–289. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  4. Acosta Galvis, A. R.; D. Cuentas (2017). "Hypodactylus adercus (Lynch, 2003)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.07.2017.0. www.batrachia.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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