Sachatamia
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| Sachatamia | |
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| Sachatamia punctulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Centrolenidae |
| Subfamily: | Centroleninae |
| Genus: | Sachatamia Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009[1] |
| Type species | |
| Centrolenella albomaculata Taylor, 1949 | |
| Species | |
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4 species (see text) | |
Sachatamia is a small genus of glass frogs.[2][3] They are found in Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) and northern South America (Colombia and northwestern Ecuador) at altitudes below 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level.[2]
The generic name Sachatamia is derived from the Quichua words sacha for "forest" and tamia for "rain". This is a reference to the tropical rainforest habitat of these frogs.[1] Sachatamia inhabit rainforests. The males call while sitting on leaves or rocks. The pigmented eggs are deposited on leaves or rocks.[1]
