Chimerella

Chimerella mariaelenae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Centrolenidae
Subfamilia: Centroleninae
Tribus: Cochranellini
Genus: Chimerella
Species (4): C. corleone – C. mariaelenae – C. mira – C. zoeterra

Name

Chimerella Guayasamin, Castroviejo-Fisher, Trueb, Ayarzagüena, Rada & Vilà, 2009: 31

• Type species: Centrolene mariaelenae Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2006, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Guayasamin, J.M, Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Trueb, L., Ayarzagüena, J., Rada, M. & Vilà, C. 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni. Zootaxa 2100(1): 1–97. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2100.1.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Köhler, J., Venegas, P.J., Castillo-Urbina, E., Glaw, F., Aguilar-Puntriano, C. & Vences, M. 2023. A third species of glassfrog in the genus Chimerella (Anura, Centrolenidae) from central Peru, discovered by an integrative taxonomic approach. Evolutionary Systematics 7: 195–205. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.102950 Reference page. 
• Venegas, P.J., García-Ayachi, L.A., Köhler, J. & Vences, M. 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. Salamandra 61(4): 407–422. PDF Reference page.