''Centrolene'' is a

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glass frog The glass frogs belong to the amphibian family Centrolenidae ( order Anura). While the general background coloration of most glass frogs is primarily lime green, the abdominal skin of some members of this family is transparent and translucent, ...

s in the

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Centrolenidae. The adult males are characterized by having a

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, as most members of this family. The delimitation of this genus versus '' Cochranella'' is not fully resolved, and some

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formerly in ''Centrolenella'' — which is nowadays

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ized with ''Centrolene'' — are now in '' Hyalinobatrachium''. The genus is known as "giant glass frogs". But this is merely relative to the rest of their family, which contains numerous extremely diminutive species.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Centrolene'':

References

Glass frogs Amphibians of South America Taxa named by Marcos Jiménez de la Espada Amphibian genera {{Centrolenidae-stub