''Hyalinobatrachium'' is a genus of

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s, family Centrolenidae. They are widely distributed in the Americas, from tropical Mexico to southeastern Brazil and Argentina.

Taxonomy and systematics

The genus is currently defined to include ''

Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni ''Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni'', also known as Fleischmann's glass frog or the northern glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the tropical Americas from southern Mexico to Ecuador. Specifically, these fro ...

'' and its closest relatives. Its

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is '' Celsiella''. Some species formerly in this genus are now in '' Vitreorana'' or '' Teratohyla''.

Description

''Hyalinobatrachium'' have a bulbous liver covered by white pigment, a transparent

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, and lack a humeral spine in adult males. The bones are white in living animals. Males usually

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from the underside of leaves. Females deposit one layer of eggs on the underside of leaves.

Species

As of March 2022, these species are included in the genus: * '' Hyalinobatrachium adespinosai'' Guayasamin, Vieira, Glor, and Hutter, 2019 * '' Hyalinobatrachium anachoretus'' Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014 * '' Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum'' (Barrera-Rodriguez and Ruiz-Carranza, 1989) * '' Hyalinobatrachium bergeri'' (Cannatella, 1980) * '' Hyalinobatrachium cappellei'' (Van Lidth de Jeude, 1904) * '' Hyalinobatrachium carlesvilai'' Castroviejo-Fisher, Padial, Chaparro, Aguayo-Vedia, and De la Riva, 2009 * '' Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi'' (Taylor, 1958) * '' Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum'' (Taylor, 1949) * '' Hyalinobatrachium dianae'' Kubicki, Salazar, and Puschendorf, 2015 * '' Hyalinobatrachium duranti'' (Rivero, 1985) * '' Hyalinobatrachium esmeralda'' Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1998 * ''

'' (Boettger, 1893) * '' Hyalinobatrachium fragile'' (Rivero, 1985) * '' Hyalinobatrachium guairarepanense'' Señaris, 2001 * '' Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense'' (Ayarzagüena, 1992) * '' Hyalinobatrachium ibama'' Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1998 * '' Hyalinobatrachium kawense'' Castroviejo-Fisher, Vilà, Ayarzagüena, Blanc, and Ernst, 2011 * '' Hyalinobatrachium mashpi'' Guayasamin, Brunner, Valencia-Aguilar, Franco-Mena, Ringler, Armijos, Morochz, Bustamante, Maynard & Culebras, 2022 * '' Hyalinobatrachium mesai'' Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carias, 2008 * '' Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii'' Señaris and Ayarzagüena, 2001 * ''

Hyalinobatrachium muiraquitan ''Hyalinobatrachium'' is a genus of glass frogs, family Centrolenidae. They are widely distributed in the Americas, from tropical Mexico to southeastern Brazil and Argentina. Taxonomy and systematics The genus is currently defined to include ''H ...

'' Oliveira and Hernández-Ruz, 2017 * '' Hyalinobatrachium munozorum'' (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) * '' Hyalinobatrachium nouns'' Guayasamin, Brunner, Valencia-Aguilar, Franco-Mena, Ringler, Armijos, Morochz, Bustamante, Maynard & Culebras, 2022 * '' Hyalinobatrachium orientale'' (Rivero, 1968) * '' Hyalinobatrachium orocostale'' (Rivero, 1968) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium pallidum ''Hyalinobatrachium pallidum'' (common name: Guacharaquita glass frog, in Spanish ''ranita de cristal pálida'') is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. It is known from its type locality, Guacharaquita bet ...

'' (Rivero, 1985) * '' Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum'' (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) * '' Hyalinobatrachium talamancae'' (Taylor, 1952) * '' Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi'' Castroviejo-Fisher, Ayarzagüena, and Vilà, 2007 * '' Hyalinobatrachium taylori'' (Goin, 1968) * '' Hyalinobatrachium tricolor'' Castroviejo-Fisher, Vilà, Ayarzagüena, Blanc, and Ernst, 2011 * ''

Hyalinobatrachium valerioi ''Hyalinobatrachium valerioi'', sometimes known as the La Palma glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in central Costa Rica and south to Panama and the Pacific lowlands and slopes of western Colombia and Ecuad ...

'' (Dunn, 1931) * '' Hyalinobatrachium vireovittatum'' (Starrett and Savage, 1973) * '' Hyalinobatrachium viridissimum'' (Taylor, 1942) * '' Hyalinobatrachium yaku'' Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, Maynard, Lynch, Culebras, and Hamilton, 2017

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1056718 Glass frogs Amphibian genera Amphibians of Central America Amphibians of South America Taxa named by John Douglas Lynch