Higher classification Glass frog Rank Genus | Family Centrolenidae Scientific name Nymphargus Phylum Chordata Order Frog | |
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Lower classifications Nymphargus cochranae, Nymphargus rosada, Nymphargus griffithsi, Nymphargus siren, Nymphargus posadae |
Nymphargus is a relatively newly established (2007) genus of glass frogs in subfamily Centroleninae. They are distributed in the Andean slopes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. They are characterized by lacking webbing among the outer fingers, lacking humeral spines in adult males, and having a lobed liver covered by a transparent hepatic peritoneum.
Species
Most species have been recently moved here from Cochranella. As of 2014, the genus contains 36 species:
References
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