About Glass Frog

Centrolene Cochranella Hyalinobatrachium Nymphargus

Glass frog (or Glassfrogs) is the common/popular name for the frogs of the amphibian family Centrolenidae (order Anura). While the general background coloration of most glass frogs is primarily lime green, the abdominal skin of some members of this family is transparent. The internal viscera, including the heart, liver, and digestive tract are visible through this translucent skin, hence the common name.

The first described species of Centrolenidae was the “giant” Centrolene geckoideum, named by Marcos Jiménez de la Espada in 1872, based on a specimen collected in northeastern Ecuador. Several species were described in subsequent years by different herpetologists (including G. A. Boulenger, G. K.
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Popular Glass Frog on Twitter:

lalalady337:
Got videos playin in the background. I was feeling this J Holiday song "It’s Yours" til I looked up & saw a frog in a martini glass. Wtf?

PrincessNikki22:
@Fearnecotton have a fat frog it’s the best!! Put a blue wkd, orange reef and a red smirnoff ice in a pint glass – tastes like refreshers!!

studiolyon:
I just noticed that the frog left his big foot prints on the glass. Cute! And those doors were just cleaned! haha

studiolyon:
A big frog jumped onto my french doors. It spooked me! Neat to see it up close through the glass. My cats are quite freaked out. haha

AnaHotaling:
MJ and BA are watching a tiny frog clinging to the kitchen glass door, happily chomping away at flying bugs (Nibble is nowhere near him).

AnaHotaling:
http://twitpic.com/8dcbg – Frog on our sliding glass door

Tarapart:
@t33na you are correct :) no frog but a glass slipper. Glad your date went well I must hear all about it soon!

hillaryclayton:
One of the rarest amphibians in victorias the world – the pine barren tree frog – just hopped onto my glass door! :)

FrankBerry:
Shards of shattered frog bodies skitter wildly across the icy, splintered wood. Liquid hydrogen shimmers in a hammer-thud-shaken glass jar.

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XtremeMe:
rearranged upstairs living room last night & my sister broke the leg off my glass frog poor frog SHE’S going to fix it someday

xxabbyxx13:
my background is supposed to be a glass frog in a window, it looks like the skyline with a big purple blob in the corner.

ndnb:
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Glass Frog Blog Results

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A expedition to an isolated part of Ecuador claims that it has discovered new species, including a salamander that bears a resemblance to movie character ET. Read more

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The recent Ecuador expedition showed twelve new interesting species, including a glass frog and an ET-like salamander.Read more
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See Through Frog – Glass Frog Uncovered. … One of the species for the frog is a Glass Frog, so-called for its translucent skin that shows internal organs. The frog is also called Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum. … Read more

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Expedition discovers transparent Glass Frog
An expedition in southeastern Ecuador has discovered a new species of frog that is notable for one particular trait: they’re transparent. The Glass Frog, or Nymphagus chancas is naturally named after its translucent skin, … Read more