About Chimerella mariaelenae (Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2006)
Chimerella mariaelenae is a species of glassfrog. It was described as new to science by Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia and Roy Wallace McDiarmid in 2006. This species lives on the Andean slopes of eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru, and may also be found in adjacent Colombia. Formerly classified as Centrolene mariaelenae, it has been recorded from multiple localities in montane forest in eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru. It occurs in old secondary-growth and primary Low Montane Evergreen Forest.