''Centrolene'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Centrolenidae. The adult males are characterized by having a

humeral spine humerus, Humeral spines are ventrolateral extensions of the humerus, humeral crista ventralis. These structures are present in the humerus of some frogs (anura (frog), anurans). The majority of anura (frog), anuran species that present humeral spi ...

, as most members of this family. The delimitation of this genus versus ''

Cochranella ''Cochranella'' is a genus of glass frogs, family Centrolenidae. They are found in Central America from Honduras southward to the Amazonian and Andean cloud forests of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Etymology The generic name (biology), ...

'' is not fully resolved, and some

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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