Chimerella

Chimerella
Chimerella mariaelenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Centrolenidae
Subfamily:	Centroleninae
Genus:	Chimerella Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher  [ de ], Trueb, Ayarzagüena  [ es ], Rada, and Vilà, 2009
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 three species: ^{[1] [2]}

• Chimerella corleone Twomey, Delia, and Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014
• Chimerella mariaelenae Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid, 2006
• Chimerella zoeterra Venegas, Garcia-Ayachi, Kohler and Vences 2025 ^[3]

References

1. 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.
2. "Centrolenidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
3. 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).