Cochranella xanthocheridia Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch 1995

A member of the spinosa group with the following combination of characters: 1) vomerine dentition present, 2) bones green in life, 3) anterior half of parietal peritoneum is white, 4) dorsal color is dark green in life, 5) rostral is subovoid when viewed dorsally and truncated when viewed laterally, 6) dorsal skin finely granulated, 7) tarsal and ulnar folds absent, 8) humeral spine absent Adults attain a medium size; males reach 22.7-24.4mm SVL; head slightly wider than body (head width is 32.5-36.9% SVL). Diameter of eyes are 38.5-41.0% head length; tympanum is 33.3-47.8% diameter of the eye. Length of tibia is 56.6-61.0% SVL; when hind limbs are adpressed anteriorly and front limbs adpressed posteriorly the knees overlap with the elbows.

Known from the western side of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia in the departments of Antioquia and Risaralda between 800 and 2060m elevation.The Type locality is at the department of Risaralda, county of Pueblo Rico, road to `La Selva' (Repetidora TV), western slope of the Cordillera Occidental, 5° 11´ latitude N, 76° 6´ W of Greenwich, 1700-2060 m

Adults found on vegetation bordering breaks, females now known

"Cochranella" xanthocheridia is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It has an uncertain generic placement (incertae sedis ) within subfamily Centroleninae; molecular data are not available and morphological and behavioural characters do not unambiguously place it in any specific genus.

Cochranella xanthocheridia is endemic to Colombia and known from the Cordillera Occidental in the Córdoba, Antioquia, and Risaralda Departments at elevations of 480–2,060 m (1,570–6,760 ft) asl.

The species' natural habitats are tropical rain forests of the Andean foothills and montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural expansion and timber extraction, and by water pollution.