''Hyalinobatrachium'' is a genus of

glass frog The glass frogs belong to the amphibian family Centrolenidae (order Anura), native to the Central American and Colombian rainforests. The general background coloration of most glass frogs is primarily lime green, the abdominal skin of some membe ...

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'' 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 '' ...

'' and its closest relatives. Its

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is ''

Celsiella ''Celsiella'' is a small genus of glass frogs endemic to Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Depe ...

''. 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, ...

'' 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 Central A ...

''.

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 ''Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum'', also known as the Atrato Glass Frog and Sun Glassfrog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in northern Ecuador ( Esmeraldas and Imbabura Provinces), Pacific lowlands and western slo ...

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

'' (Boettger, 1893) * '' Hyalinobatrachium fragile'' (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'' (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 ''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'' 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'' (Rivero, 1985) * '' Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum'' (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) * ''

Hyalinobatrachium solaris ''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 ...

'' (2025) * ''

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, habitat refers to the array of ...

'' (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 ''Hyalinobatrachium vireovittatum'' (common name: Starrett's glass frog) is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in scattered localities in Costa Rica and west-central Panama. It has, however, been suggested that most popula ...

'' (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

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