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Centrolene

Centrolene
Centrolene antioquiense.jpg
Centrolene antioquiense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Subfamily: Centroleninae
Genus: Centrolene
Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
Species

About 27, see text

Synonyms

Centrolenella Noble, 1920


About 27, see text

Centrolenella Noble, 1920

Centrolene is a genus of glass frogs in the family Centrolenidae. The adult males are characterized by having a humeral spine, as most members of this family. The delimitation of this genus versus Cochranella is not fully resolved, and some species formerly in Centrolenella — which is nowadays synonymized 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.

As of 2015, the genus contains 27 species:


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