Teratohyla adenocheira facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Teratohyla adenocheira |
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Cochranella adenocheira Harvey and Noonan, 2005 |
The Teratohyla adenocheira is a type of frog that belongs to the Centrolenidae family. These frogs are sometimes called "glass frogs" because some of them have skin that you can see through!
This frog was first found in the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park in eastern Bolivia. It has also been seen in Brazil, in areas like Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia. The frog that is most like Teratohyla adenocheira is another frog called T. Midas.
What Does the Teratohyla adenocheira Look Like?
Adult male Teratohyla adenocheira frogs are quite small. They are about 21.4 to 22.4 millimeters (which is less than an inch) long from their snout (nose) to their vent (bottom). One frog, whose gender wasn't known, was found to be 25 millimeters long.
The frog's head is wider than its body. Its snout is short and round when you look at it from above. But from the side, it looks flat at the end. These frogs have big eyes. They also have a clear eardrum (tympanum) that you can see.
Their arms are short, but their legs are quite long. Their fingers have a little bit of webbing between them, while their toes have a lot of webbing. The frog's back (called the dorsum) is dark green with bright yellow spots. It also has white skin folds and glands. The skin on its throat (gular) and belly (ventral) is see-through. The frog's iris (the colored part of its eye) is yellow-green.
Where Does the Teratohyla adenocheira Live?
This frog naturally lives in tropical moist lowland forests. These are warm, wet forests that are not very high up. One frog was also found in a "secondary forest." This is a forest that has grown back after being cut down or disturbed. This particular frog was found on a river bank, on the surface of a palm tree called Lepidocaryum.
The first frogs of this species ever found were living on plants next to a sandy stream.
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In Spanish: Teratohyla adenocheira para niños
