Leptodactylidae
| Leptodactylids | |
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| Eleutherodactylus guttilatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Superfamily: | Hyloidea |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae Werner, 1896 |
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| Distribution of Leptodactylidae (in black) | |
The southern frogs form Leptodactylidae, a diverse family of frogs that probably diverged from other hyloids during the Cretaceous.[1] The family has undergone major taxonomic revisions in recent years, including the reclassification of the former subfamily Eleutherodactylinae into its own family Eleutherodactylidae; Leptodactylidae now numbers 206 species in 15 genera distributed throughout Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.[2] The family includes terrestrial, burrowing, aquatic, and arboreal members, inhabiting a wide range of different habitats.[3]
Several of the genera within Leptodactylidae lay their eggs in foam nests. These can be in crevices, on the surface of water, or on forest floors. These foam nests are some of the most varied among frogs. When eggs hatch in nests on the forest floor, the tadpoles remain within the nest, without eating, until metamorphosis.
Classification
As of mid-2015, the Amphibian Species of the World uses the following classification:[4]
- Leiuperinae Bonaparte, 1850 (90 species)
- Edalorhina Jiménez de la Espada, 1870
- Engystomops Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
- Physalaemus Fitzinger, 1826
- Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838
- Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
- Leptodactylinae Werner, 1896 (1838) (96 species)
- Adenomera Steindachner, 1867
- Hydrolaetare Gallardo, 1963
- Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826
- Lithodytes Fitzinger, 1843
- Paratelmatobiinae Ohler and Dubois, 2012 (13 species)
- Crossodactylodes Cochran, 1938
- Paratelmatobius Lutz and Carvalho, 1958
- Rupirana Heyer, 1999
- Scythrophrys Lynch, 1971
References
- ↑ Heinicke, M.P., W.E. Duellman & S.B. Hedges (2007). "Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal". Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 104 (24): 10092–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.0611051104. PMC 1891260. PMID 17548823.
- ↑ "AmphibiaWeb: Information on Amphibian Biology and Conservation". University of California, Berkeley, CA. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- ↑ Zweifel, Richard G. (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G., ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Leptodactylidae Werner, 1896 (1838)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
External links
- Leptodactylidae, from the Tree of Life Web Project
- Leptodactylidae taxonomy, from the NCBI taxonomy browser
- Leptodacylidae classification, from Animal Diversity Web
- Leptodactylid description, from AmphibiaWeb
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