Sachatamia (lat.) - a genus of tailless amphibians from the family of glass frogs that live in the New World . The generic name is derived from the words of the Quechua language “sacha” - “forest” and “tamia” - “rain”, with reference to the habitat of representatives of this genus in tropical rainforests .
| Sachatamia |
Spotted Glass Frog |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squad: | Tailless Amphibians |
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| International scientific name |
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Sachatamia Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada & Vilà, 2009 |
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They are characterized by the presence of shoulder spurs in adult males of certain species and lobed liver , covered with a transparent peritoneum , green bones and a translucent digestive tract . Between the third and fourth fingers there is a moderate membrane.
These are oviparous amphibians. Females lay pigmented eggs on leaves or stones.
The range covers Central America ( Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama ) and the north of South America ( Colombia and northwestern Ecuador ) at altitudes below 1500 m above sea level .
As of November 2018, 5 species are included in the genus [1] :
- Sachatamia albomaculata (Taylor, 1949) - Spotted Glass Frog
- Sachatamia electrops Rada at al., 2017
- Sachatamia ilex (Savage, 1967) - Yellow-legged glass frog
- Sachatamia orejuela (Duellman and Burrowes, 1989)
- Sachatamia punctulata (Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1995)
- ↑ Frost DR Sachatamia . Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
