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Genus of amphibians

Physalaemus
Physalaemus cuvieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Subfamily: Leiuperinae
Genus: Physalaemus
Fitzinger, 1826
Type species
Physalaemus cuvieri
Fitzinger, 1826
Diversity
About 48 species (see text)
Synonyms
  • Paludicola Wagler, 1830
  • Liuperus Cope, 1861 "1860"
  • Gomphobates Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862 "1861"
  • Eupemphix Steindachner, 1863
  • Nattereria Steindachner, 1864
Physalaemus marmoratus
Physalaemus maculiventris
Physalaemus olfersii

Physalaemus is a large genus of leptodactylid frogs. These frogs, sometimes known as dwarf frogs or foam frogs, are found in South America. It is very similar to Leptodactylus, a close relative, and indeed the recently described Leptodactylus lauramiriamae is in some aspects intermediate between them.

Species

There are 50 or 49 species (AmphibiaWeb lists Physalaemus nattereri as Eupemphix nattereri ):

References

  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Physalaemus Fitzinger, 1826". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. Heyer, W. Ronald & Crombie, Ronald I. (2005): Leptodactylus lauramiriamae, a distinctive new species of frog (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Rondônia, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(3): 590–595. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)1182.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
  3. "Leptodactylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. . Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
Taxon identifiers
Physalaemus


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