Hyalinobatrachinae
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Hyalinobatrachinae is a
subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
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) that was established in 2009. They are found in the
Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...
from Mexico south to southeastern Brazil and Argentina. The subfamily contains 32 species in two genera: * ''
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 ...
'' Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009 (2 species) * ''
Hyalinobatrachium ''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 ...
'' Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991 (30 species) AmphibiaWeb gives a slightly higher species count as it includes two additional ''Hyalinobatrachium'' species that are placed in
synonymy A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...
in the Amphibian Species of the World.


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Amphibians of North America Amphibians of Central America Amphibians of South America {{Centrolenidae-stub