Fleischmann's glass frog

Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni · Fleischmann's glass frog is a small, semi-translucent green frog found in tropical forests from southern Mexico to Ecuador.

Also called Northern glass frog, Northern Glassfrog.

Fleischmann's glass frog
Photo: Borja Fierro, CC BY 4.0
Fleischmann's glass frog
Photo: Carlos Funes, CC BY 4.0
Fleischmann's glass frog
Photo: Carlos Funes, CC BY 4.0

Taxonomy

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyCentrolenidae
GenusHyalinobatrachium
SpeciesHyalinobatrachium fleischmanni

Where it lives

Streamside rainforests from southern Mexico to Colombia and Ecuador.

Fun facts

  • Its skin is so see-through that you can spot internal organs, though a sheet of guanine covers half of its underbelly.
  • A single raindrop landing directly on this tiny frog has actually been observed to kill it.
  • Males have a bony hook on their spine that they use to wrestle rival frogs for territory or egg defense.
  • Guarding fathers sometimes urinate on their eggs to stop them from drying out.

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Facts and taxonomy adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).