Species:

Centrolene prosoblepon

Emerald Glass Frog

Some other names for this species:

Nicaragua Giant Glass Frog

September 24, 2001
Trail from Esquinas Rainforest Lodge, Golfito region, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica
Emerald Glass Frog (Centrolene prosoblepon)
Emerald Glass Frog (Centrolene prosoblepon)
Glass frogs are small, typically arboreal frogs with translucent skin. There are many species, but we only found one on this trip.

The first frog pictured here is an adult female. The second one is an adult male. The male has grabbers on its arms called humeral spines that it uses to, well, grab the female for the purposes of, well, you know.

Some authorities place this species in the genus Centrolenella.

These frogs were photographed on a herping trip with GreenTracks. Here is a complete list of the species we found on this GreenTracks trip.