Noblella peruviana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Strabomantidae |
| Genus: | Noblella |
| Species: | N. peruviana
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| Noblella peruviana (Noble, 1921)
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Noblella peruviana is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to the Andean highlands in Peru.[1][3]
History and taxonomy[edit]
Noblella peruviana is the type species of genus Noblella. The genus was erected by Thomas Barbour to accommodate the species that had until then been known as Sminthillus peruvianus; the only other Sminthillus species was from Cuba (now known as Eleutherodactylus limbatus).[4]
However, despite its status as defining the genus Noblella, Noblella peruviana is a little known species. Its type locality is considered to be in error; the true locality is uncertain but may be in the Puno Region.[1][3] In the literature, it has also been mixed with Pleurodema marmorata from Bolivia and with Psychrophrynella usurpator from Peru.[3]
Description[edit]
The holotype measures 16 mm (0.63 in) in snout–vent length. The following description is from the original species description by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble:[2]
Snout rounded, equal to the greatest diameter of the orbit; loreal region abrupt, nearly vertical; nostril midway between the tip of the snout and the anterior corner of the eye; interorbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid; horizontal diameter of the tympanum about one-half, vertical diameter nearly two-thirds the greatest width of the eye; tympanum about one-half its smallest diameter from the latter. Digits pointed, no terminal disks; a well-developed tarsal and two metatarsal tubercles. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching just beyond the posterior angle of the eye; when the limbs are held vertical to the axis of the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation overlapping its mate of the opposite side. Skin feebly granular above, smooth below.
Color uniform grayish brown, slightly purplish above; a broad band of dark brown extending on each side from the nostril to the lumbar region; a narrow white line on the posterior face of each thigh joining with a median line which extends anteriorly along the back for more than half its length; posterior surfaces of the lower leg indistinctly barred with dark brown. Lower surfaces of body whitish, the chin and thigh indistinctly suffused with brown.
Habitat and ecology[edit]
Reflecting the uncertainty regarding its type locality, habitat and ecology of Noblella peruviana are unknown.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Noblella peruviana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T161800A89222284. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T161800A89222284.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Noble, G. K. (1921). "Five new species of Salientia from South America". American Museum Novitates (29): 1–7. hdl:2246/4615.
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Noblella peruviana Noble, 1921". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ De la Riva, I.; J. C. Chaparro & J. M. Padial (2008). "The taxonomic status of Phyllonastes Heyer and Phrynopus peruvianus (Noble) (Lissamphibia, Anura): resurrection of Noblella Barbour" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1685: 67–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1685.1.5. hdl:10261/120858.