Chimerella
| Chimerella | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chimerella mariaelenae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Centrolenidae |
| Subfamily: | Centroleninae |
| Genus: | Chimerella Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Centrolene mariaelenae Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2006 | |
Chimerella is a small genus of glass frogs, family Centrolenidae. They are found on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru, possibly extending into Colombia.
Species
There are four species:
- Chimerella corleone Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014
- Chimerella mariaelenae Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2006
- Chimerella mira Köhler, Venegas, Castillo-Urbina, Glaw, Aguilar-Puntriano & Vences, 2023
- Chimerella zoeterra Venegas, Garcia-Ayachi, Kohler and Vences 2025
References
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Chimerella Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- 1 2 "Centrolenidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ↑ Venegas, Pablo; et al. (2025). "Bioacoustics and molecular genetics reveal a new species of glassfrog, genus Chimerella (Anura: Centrolenidae), from white sand outcrops in the Yungas ecoregion of northeastern Peru" (PDF). Salamandra. 61 (4).