About Chimerella mariaelenae (Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2006)
Taxonomic Identity
Chimerella mariaelenae is a species of glassfrog.
Species Description Context
It was described as new to science by Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia and Roy Wallace McDiarmid in 2006.
Geographic Range
This species lives on the Andean slopes of eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru, and may also be found in adjacent Colombia.
Previous Taxonomic Classification
Formerly classified as Centrolene mariaelenae, it has been recorded from multiple localities in montane forest in eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru.
Habitat Preference
It occurs in old secondary-growth and primary Low Montane Evergreen Forest.
