NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Boettger, 1893)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni, also known as Fleischmann's glass frog or the northern glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae.
It is found in the tropical Americas from southern Mexico to Ecuador. Specifically, these frogs occur in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. It has often been confused with related species, and the exact distribution depends on the source. This frog tends to have green skin, pale yellowish spots, yellow fingertips and translucent skin covering its stomach.
Wikipedia contributors, Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:21:38.765770+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Boettger, 1893)
- Name authority
- (Boettger, 1893)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Centrolenidae
- Genus
- Hyalinobatrachium
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyCentrolenidae Taylor, 1951
- subfamilyHyalinobatrachinae Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada & Vilà, 2009
- genusHyalinobatrachium Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991
- speciesHyalinobatrachium fleischmanni (Boettger, 1893)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hyalinobatrachium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hyla fleischmanni (Boettger, 1893) (Boettger, 1893) | synonym |
| Hylella fleischmanni Boettger, 1893 Boettger, 1893 | synonym |
| Cochranella fleischmanni (Boettger, 1893) (Boettger, 1893) | synonym |
| Cochranella millepunctata Taylor, 1958 Taylor, 1958 | synonym |
| Centrolenella fleischmanni (Boettger, 1893) (Boettger, 1893) | synonym |
| Cochranella decorata Taylor, 1958 Taylor, 1958 | synonym |
| Hylella chrysops Cope, 1894 Cope, 1894 | synonym |
| Cochranella chrysops (Cope, 1894) (Cope, 1894) | synonym |
| Cochranella viridissima (Taylor, 1942) (Taylor, 1942) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
South America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=586338 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3MVZN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.