Biology:Chimerella

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Short description: Genus of amphibians

Chimerella
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Chimerella mariaelenae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Centrolenidae
Subfamily: Centroleninae
Genus: Chimerella
Type species
Centrolene mariaelenae
Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2006

Chimerella is a small genus of glass frogs, family Centrolenidae.[1][2] They are found on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru, possibly extending into Colombia.[1]

Species

There are two species:[1][2]

  • Chimerella corleone Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014
  • Chimerella mariaelenae (Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2006)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Centrolenidae/Centroleninae/Chimerella. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Centrolenidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2022. http://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Centrolenidae.shtml. Retrieved 11 May 2022. 

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