''Hyalinobatrachium'' is a genus of

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, 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'' and its closest relatives. Its

sister taxon In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree. Definition The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram: Taxon A and t ...

is ''

Celsiella ''Celsiella'' is a small genus of glass frogs endemic to Venezuela. It was established in 2009 and named in honour of Josefa Celsa Señaris, nicknamed "Celsi", a Venezuelan herpetologist who had worked with glass frogs. Description The ventral p ...

''. Some species formerly in this genus are now in ''

Vitreorana ''Vitreorana'' is a genus of glass frogs that are native to South America, from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil and Argentina to the Amazon rainforest of Colombia and Ecuador and to the Venezuelan Coastal Range and the Guianas The Guianas, som ...

'' or ''

Teratohyla ''Teratohyla'' is a small genus of glassfrogs in the subfamily Centroleninae. The genus was for a while included in '' Centrolenella'' and then '' Cochranella'', but it was resurrected in 2009. These frogs are distributed from lowlands of Centra ...

''.

Description

''Hyalinobatrachium'' have a bulbous liver covered by white pigment, a transparent parietal peritoneum, and lack a humeral spine in adult males. The bones are white in living animals. Males usually call 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 ''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 '' ...

'' Guayasamin, Vieira, Glor, and Hutter, 2019 * ''

Hyalinobatrachium anachoretus ''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 '' ...

'' Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014 * '' Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum'' (Barrera-Rodriguez and Ruiz-Carranza, 1989) * '' Hyalinobatrachium bergeri'' (Cannatella, 1980) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium cappellei ''Hyalinobatrachium cappellei'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Guianas (Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname) and in parts of the Amazon Basin in Brazil. It was until recently (2011) considered to be a ...

'' (Van Lidth de Jeude, 1904) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium carlesvilai ''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 '' ...

'' Castroviejo-Fisher, Padial, Chaparro, Aguayo-Vedia, and De la Riva, 2009 * ''

Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi ''Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in extreme northern Ecuador, northwestern Colombia ( Chocó and Córdoba west and north of Cordillera Occidental), Panama, and Costa Rica, as well as ...

'' (Taylor, 1958) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum ''Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum'', also called the bare-hearted glass frog, plantation glass frog and the cricket glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae that is found in moist forests, often near streams, in countries in ...

'' (Taylor, 1949) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium dianae ''Hyalinobatrachium dianae'', also known as Diane's bare-hearted glass frog, (or a Kermit frog due to its peculiar appearance) is a species of Costa Rican glass frog in the family Centrolenidae. Description ''Hyalinobatrachium dianae'' is lime ...

'' Kubicki, Salazar, and Puschendorf, 2015 * '' Hyalinobatrachium duranti'' (Rivero, 1985) * '' Hyalinobatrachium esmeralda'' Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1998 * '' Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni'' (Boettger, 1893) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium fragile ''Hyalinobatrachium fragile'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is endemic to the Venezuelan Coastal Range. In Spanish it is known as ''ranita de cristal fragil''. Its natural habitats are montane forests, where it occurs al ...

'' (Rivero, 1985) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium guairarepanense ''Hyalinobatrachium guairarepanense'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is endemic to Venezuela, where it is found in locations in the Coastal Range at elevations between above sea level. Its natural habitats are seasonal ( ...

'' Señaris, 2001 * ''

Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense ''Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense'' (common name: Yuruani glass frog, in Spanish ''ranita de cristal de Jaspe'') is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae from South America. Its specific name refers Quebrada de Jaspe, its type locality. ...

'' (Ayarzagüena, 1992) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium ibama ''Hyalinobatrachium ibama'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Cordillera Oriental, Santander Department, Colombia, and in Barinas, Venezuela. Its natural habitats are old-growth forests near streams. It is ...

'' Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1998 * ''

Hyalinobatrachium kawense ''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 '' ...

'' Castroviejo-Fisher, Vilà, Ayarzagüena, Blanc, and Ernst, 2011 * ''

Hyalinobatrachium mashpi ''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 ...

'' Guayasamin, Brunner, Valencia-Aguilar, Franco-Mena, Ringler, Armijos, Morochz, Bustamante, Maynard & Culebras, 2022 * ''

Hyalinobatrachium mesai ''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 ...

'' Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carias, 2008 * ''

Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii ''Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae from northern South America. Distribution Its distribution is poorly known but has two main areas: western Amazonian basin in Leticia in southeastern Colombia, Ac ...

'' 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 ''Hyalinobatrachium munozorum'', also known as Upper Amazon glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the upper Amazon Basin in Ecuador, Colombia, and northern Bolivia; it is presumably to be found in interveni ...

'' (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium nouns ''Hyalinobatrachium nouns'', also known as Nouns' glassfrog, is a species of glass frog in the family Centrolenidae, distributed in western Ecuador. Discovery ''Hyalinobatrachium nouns'' was discovered (along with ''H. mashpi'') in the Andes ...

'' 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 ''Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum'', also known as the Rio Azuela glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in lower montane rainforests on the Amazonian Andean slopes in Ecuador and Peru. The specific name ''pelluci ...

'' (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium talamancae ''Hyalinobatrachium talamancae'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is endemic to the Limón Province, Costa Rica. Its common name is Talamanca glass frog. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises t ...

'' (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'' (Dunn, 1931) * '' Hyalinobatrachium vireovittatum'' (Starrett and Savage, 1973) * '' Hyalinobatrachium viridissimum'' (Taylor, 1942) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium yaku ''Hyalinobatrachium yaku'' is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Pastaza, Orellana and Napo Provinces of Ecuador. One of the remarkable characteristics of this species is that their belly and some internal organ ...

'' Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, Maynard, Lynch, Culebras, and Hamilton, 2017

References

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