Hyalinobatrachium (lat.) Is a genus of tailless amphibians from the family of glass frogs living in the New World .
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 Speckled glass frog | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hyalinobatrachium Ruíz-Carranza & Lynch , 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Description
They are characterized by the presence of a convex liver , covered with white pigment and a transparent peritoneum . In adult males, there is no humeral spine . The bones are white.
Reproduction
These are oviparous amphibians. Males usually sing, invoking females, sitting on the underside of the leaves. Females lay one layer of eggs, also on the underside of the leaves.
Distribution
Widespread in both Americas, from tropical Mexico to southeastern Brazil and Argentina .
Classification
As of November 2018, 32 species are included in the genus [1] :
- Hyalinobatrachium anachoretus Twomey at al., 2014
- Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum (Barrera-Rodriguez & Ruiz-Carranza, 1989)
- Hyalinobatrachium bergeri (Cannatella, 1980) - Orange- Felled Glass Frog
- Hyalinobatrachium cappellei Van Lidth de Jeude, 1904
- Hyalinobatrachium carlesvilai Castroviejo-Fisher at al., 2009
- Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi (Taylor, 1958) - Costa Rican Glass Frog
- Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum (Taylor, 1949) - Greenish Glass Frog
- Hyalinobatrachium dianae Kubicki, Salazar & Puschendorf, 2015
- Hyalinobatrachium duranti (Rivero, 1985)
- Hyalinobatrachium esmeralda Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1998
- Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Boettger, 1893) - Speckled Glass Frog
- Hyalinobatrachium fragile (Rivero, 1985)
- Hyalinobatrachium guairarepanense Señaris, 2001
- Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense (Ayarzagüena, 1992)
- Hyalinobatrachium ibama Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1998
- Hyalinobatrachium kawense Castroviejo-Fisher at al., 2011
- Hyalinobatrachium mesai Barrio-Amorós & Brewer-Carias, 2008
- Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii Señaris & Ayarzagüena, 2001
- Hyalinobatrachium muiraquitan Oliveira & Hernández-Ruz, 2017
- Hyalinobatrachium munozorum (Lynch & Duellman, 1973) - Shagreen glass frog
- Hyalinobatrachium orientale (Rivero, 1968)
- Hyalinobatrachium orocostale (Rivero, 1968)
- Hyalinobatrachium pallidum (Rivero, 1985)
- Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum (Lynch & Duellman, 1973) - Transparent Glass Frog
- Hyalinobatrachium ruedai Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1998
- Hyalinobatrachium talamancae (Taylor, 1952) - Yellowish Glass Frog
- Hyalinobatrachium tatayoi Castroviejo-Fisher at al., 2007
- Hyalinobatrachium taylori (Goin, 1968) - Taylor's Glass Frog
- Hyalinobatrachium tricolor Castroviejo-Fisher at al., 2011
- Hyalinobatrachium valerioi (Dunn, 1931) - Reticulated glass frog
- Hyalinobatrachium vireovittatum (Starrett & Savage, 1973) - Striped Glass Frog
- Hyalinobatrachium yaku Guayasamin at al., 2017
Gallery
Greenish glass frog
Transparent glass frog
Taylor Glass Frog
Striped glass frog
Hyalinobatrachium yaku
bottom view
Literature
- Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991: Ranas Centrolenidae de Colombia I. Propuesta de una nueva clasificacion generica . Lozania, vol. 57, p. 1-30.
- Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada & Vilà, 2009: Phylogenetic systematics of Glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni Zootaxa , n 2100, p. 1–97.
Notes
- ↑ Frost DR Hyalinobatrachium . Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA