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Centroleninae

{{Short description|Subfamily of amphibians}}

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| image = Centrolene buckleyi01.jpeg

| image_caption = Centrolene buckleyi

| taxon = Centroleninae

| authority = Taylor, 1951

| type_genus = Centrolene

| type_genus_authority = Jiménez de la Espada, 1872

| diversity = 9 genera (see text)

}}

Centroleninae is one of two subfamilies of the family Centrolenidae.{{ITIS|id=208050 |taxon=Centrolenidae Taylor, 1951 |accessdate=20 June 2015}} It has nine genera distributed in Central America from Honduras south and east to northern and central South America. As of mid 2015, it contains 117 species.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Centrolenidae/Centroleninae |title=Centroleninae Taylor, 1951 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=20 June 2015}}

Taxonomy

Centroleninae are defined based on molecular and morphological characteristics, none of which are obvious to a naked eye. However, in several species a fighting behaviour that might be synapomorphy has been observed: males dangle by their feet and grapple venter-to-venter; amplexus-like or wrestling on leaves fighting of Hyalinobatrachinae is hypothesized to be primitive behaviour. Their sister taxon is ambiguous, it is either genus Ikakogi or subfamily Hyalinobatrachinae.{{cite journal| last1 = Guayasamin| first1 = J. M.| last2 = Castroviejo-Fisher| first2 = S.| last3 = Trueb| first3 = L.| last4 = Ayarzagüena| first4 = J.| last5 = Rada| first5 = M.| last6 = Vilà| first6 = C.| year = 2009| title = Phylogenetic systematics of glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni| journal = Zootaxa| volume = 2100| pages = 1–97| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2100.1.1| hdl = 1808/13694| url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02100.html| hdl-access = free}}

Genera

There are nine genera:

  • Centrolene Jiménez de la Espada, 1872 (29 sp.)
  • Chimerella Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009 (2 sp.)
  • Cochranella Taylor, 1951 (9 sp.)
  • Espadarana Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009 (5 sp.)
  • Nymphargus Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2007 (38 sp.)
  • Rulyrana Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009 (6 sp.)
  • Sachatamia Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009 (5 sp.)
  • Teratohyla Taylor, 1951 (5 sp.)
  • Vitreorana Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009 (10 sp.)

Several species have uncertain generic placement and are placed in Centroleninae Incertae Sedis, awaiting for more information:

The AmphibiaWeb includes Ikakogi Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada, and Vilà, 2009 in this subfamily,{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Centrolenidae.shtml|title=Centrolenidae |year=2015 |work=AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] |publisher=Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb |access-date=20 June 2015}} whereas it is not included in any subfamily in the Amphibian Species of the World.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Centrolenidae |title=Centrolenidae Taylor, 1951 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=20 June 2015}}

References

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Category:Glass frogs

Category:Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor