Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum

Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum, also known as the Atrato Glass Frog and Sun Glassfrog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in northern Ecuador, Pacific lowlands and western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia, and eastern Panama. It occurs from near sea level to asl.

Description

Males measure and females in snout–vent length. They are yellow-green dorsally, with numerous small brown and larger, more distinct creamy yellow spots. There is a diffuse green middorsal stripe. The ventral surface is transparent.

Reproduction

Males call from vegetation above streams. Clutch size is up to 35 eggs; eggs are green and encased in a gelatinous mass. Eggs are laid on the lower surface of leaves. After hatching the tadpoles fall into the stream below. Males appear sometimes to guard the eggs.

Habitat and conservation

Natural habitats of Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum are lowland primary and secondary rainforests as well as sub-Andean forests. It occurs on vegetation next to streams. It is a very common species but at least locally threatened by habitat loss. It occurs in a number of protected areas.