Chimerella Corleone
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''Chimerella'' is a small 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 found on the Amazonian slopes of the
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Species

There are two species: * '' Chimerella corleone'' Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014 * '' Chimerella mariaelenae'' (Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2006)


References

Glass frogs Amphibians of South America Amphibian genera Taxa named by José Ayarzagüena Taxa named by Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher {{Centrolenidae-stub