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 Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni and its closest relatives. Its sister taxon is Celsiella. Some species formerly in this genus are now in Vitreorana or Teratohyla.
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 Guayasamin, Vieira, Glor, and Hutter, 2019Hyalinobatrachium anachoretus Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum Hyalinobatrachium bergeri Hyalinobatrachium cappellei Hyalinobatrachium carlesvilai Castroviejo-Fisher, Padial, Chaparro, Aguayo-Vedia, and De la Riva, 2009Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum Hyalinobatrachium dianae Kubicki, Salazar, and Puschendorf, 2015Hyalinobatrachium duranti Hyalinobatrachium esmeralda Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1998Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni Hyalinobatrachium fragile Hyalinobatrachium guairarepanense Señaris, 2001Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense Hyalinobatrachium ibama Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1998Hyalinobatrachium kawense Castroviejo-Fisher, Vilà, Ayarzagüena, Blanc, and Ernst, 2011Hyalinobatrachium mashpi Guayasamin, Brunner, Valencia-Aguilar, Franco-Mena, Ringler, Armijos, Morochz, Bustamante, Maynard & Culebras, 2022Hyalinobatrachium mesai Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carias, 2008Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii Señaris and Ayarzagüena, 2001Hyalinobatrachium muiraquitan Oliveira and Hernández-Ruz, 2017Hyalinobatrachium munozorum Hyalinobatrachium nouns Guayasamin, Brunner, Valencia-Aguilar, Franco-Mena, Ringler, Armijos, Morochz, Bustamante, Maynard & Culebras, 2022Hyalinobatrachium orientale Hyalinobatrachium orocostale Hyalinobatrachium pallidum Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum Hyalinobatrachium solaris Hyalinobatrachium talamancae Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi Castroviejo-Fisher, Ayarzagüena, and Vilà, 2007Hyalinobatrachium taylori Hyalinobatrachium tricolor Castroviejo-Fisher, Vilà, Ayarzagüena, Blanc, and Ernst, 2011Hyalinobatrachium valerioi Hyalinobatrachium vireovittatum Hyalinobatrachium viridissimum Hyalinobatrachium yaku Guayasamin, Cisneros-Heredia, Maynard, Lynch, Culebras, and Hamilton, 2017