Hyalinobatrachium orientale (Rivero, 1968)
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.
Eastern Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium orientale) in Trinidad and Tobago
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Open encyclopedia reference
Hyalinobatrachium orientale is a species of glass frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found on the island of Tobago and in eastern Venezuela (Paria Peninsula and Sierra de Lema). Its common name is eastern glass frog (in Spanish ranita de cristal oriental). The Tobagonian population has been described as subspecies Hyalinobatrachium orientalis tobagoensis (Hardy, 1984). The latter is sometimes referred to as Tobago glass frog. H. orientale is distributed throughout the Central Eastern ranges of the Cordillera de la Costa (the coastal mountain range) in Venezuela and Tobago Island with an altitudinal range of 190 to 1200 meters.
Glass frog embryos are able to hatch in regards to environmental cues with risk factors. Egg clutches of glass frogs are always usually laid on the undersides of Heliconia leaves.
Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Hyalinobatrachium orientale; 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 orientale (Rivero, 1968)
- Name authority
- (Rivero, 1968)
- 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 orientale (Rivero, 1968)
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 |
|---|---|
| Hyalinobatrachium orientale tobagoense (Hardy, 1984) (Hardy, 1984) | synonym |
| Centrolenella orientalis tobagoensis Hardy, 1984 Hardy, 1984 | synonym |
| Centrolenella orientalis orientalis Rivero, 1968 Rivero, 1968 | synonym |
| Hyalinobatrachium orientalis (Rivero, 1968) (Rivero, 1968) | synonym |
| Hyalinobatrachium orientale tobagoensis (Hardy, 1984) (Hardy, 1984) | synonym |
| Centrolenella orientalis Rivero, 1968 Rivero, 1968 | synonym |
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=208052 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.
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:3MW28. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.