Centrolene lynchi (Duellman, 1980)
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
Centrolene lynchi, also known as Lynch's giant glass frog, Lynch's glassfrog, and the Tandayapa giant glass frog, is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is found in the Risaralda Department and Nariño Department on the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia and on the western Andes in the Pichincha, Cotopaxi, and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Provinces, Ecuador. It is named after John Douglas Lynch, the herpetologist who collected the first specimens of this species.
Wikipedia contributors, Centrolene lynchi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:38:17.359035+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Centrolene lynchi (Duellman, 1980)
- Name authority
- (Duellman, 1980)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Centrolenidae
- Genus
- Centrolene
- 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
- subfamilyCentroleninae Taylor, 1951
- genusCentrolene Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
- speciesCentrolene lynchi (Duellman, 1980)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Centrolene. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Centrolene hybrida Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991 | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene camposi Cisneros-Heredia, Yánez-Muñoz, Sánchez-Nivicela & Ron, 2023 | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene kutuku Ron, García, Brito-Zapata, Reyes- Puig, Figueroa-Coronel & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024 | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene altitudinalis (Rivero, 1968) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene azulae (Flores & McDiarmid, 1989) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene ballux (Duellman & Burrowes, 1989) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene condor Cisneros-Heredia & Morales-Mite, 2008 | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene daidalea (Ruiz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene heloderma (Duellman, 1981) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene hesperia (Cadle & McDiarmid, 1990) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene lemniscata Duellman & Schulte, 1993 | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Centrolene medemi (Cochran & Goin, 1970) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Centrolenella gemmata Flores, 1985 Flores, 1985 | synonym |
| Centrolene scirtetes (Duellman & Burrowes, 1989) (Duellman & Burrowes, 1989) | synonym |
| Centrolenella lynchi Duellman, 1980 Duellman, 1980 | synonym |
| Centrolenella scirtetes Duellman & Burrowes, 1989 Duellman & Burrowes, 1989 | synonym |
| Centrolene gemmatum (Flores, 1985) (Flores, 1985) | 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=661987 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:S9YN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.