Chimerella mariaelenae (Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2006) is a animal in the Centrolenidae family, order Anura, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chimerella mariaelenae (Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2006)

Chimerella mariaelenae (Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2006)

Chimerella mariaelenae is a glassfrog species found in Andean slope montane forests of Ecuador and Peru, possibly also adjacent Colombia.

Family
Genus
Chimerella
Order
Anura
Class
Amphibia

About Chimerella mariaelenae (Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2006)

Chimerella mariaelenae is a species of glassfrog. It was described as new to science by Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia and Roy Wallace McDiarmid in 2006. This species lives on the Andean slopes of eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru, and may also be found in adjacent Colombia. Formerly classified as Centrolene mariaelenae, it has been recorded from multiple localities in montane forest in eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru. It occurs in old secondary-growth and primary Low Montane Evergreen Forest.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Centrolenidae Chimerella

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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