Chiriqui Glass Frog, more...Chiriqui Glass Frog, Chiriqui Glass Frog (es: Rana De Cristal, Rana De Cristal, Rana De Cristal, Rana De Vidrio, Rana De Vidrio, Rana De Vidrio)
Adult: Species description based on Ibanez et al (1999) and Savage (2002). Small frog, males to 25-29 mm, females to 27-33 mm. Dorsal: Dorsal surface lime green with small white spots. Ventral: The ventral surface is transparent. The heart and viscera are covered with a white membrane and appear white. Distinguishing characteristics: Teratoyla pulverata has a white fleshy fringe along the back of the lower arm and leg. Eye: Iris silver with black reticulations. Extremities: Feet moderately webbed.
Breeding season: Males call from vegetation overhanging streams during the rainy season (May to October-November; Ibanez et al 1999). Egg: Clutches of 44-80 eggs are laid on the upper side of leaves (Savage 2002, Villa 1984). Eggs are green in color (Savage 2002). Tadpole: Hoffman (2004) provides an in-depth description of the tadpole at many stages of development. Similar to other glassfrog tadpoles, the body is elongate and the tail is long and thin (drawings in Hoffman 2004). The entire dorsal surface is covered in small pimented spots and flecks, while the ventral surface is relatively transparent (Hoffman 2004). Tadpoles appear dark red in color due to the visibility of the internal organs, rather than because of highly vascularized skin (Hoffman 2004). Centrolenid tadpoles are fossorial, living in the low-oxygen environment under mud and leaf litter in stream bottoms (McDiarmid and Altig 1999).
Habitat: Lowland rainforest to almost 1000 m. Call: A series of ticks or diks, similar to but slower than the call of Espadarana prosoblepon (Ibanez et al 1999, Savage 2002). Type locality: Chiriqui (Panama)