Biology:Alsodes
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
| Alsodes | |
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| Alsodes verrucosus from Volcan Calbuco in southern Chile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Alsodidae |
| Genus: | Alsodes Bell, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Alsodes monticola Bell, 1843
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19, see text. | |
Alsodes is a genus of alsodid frogs found in Chile and Argentina .[1] It is the most species-rich frog genus in Patagonia.[2] Common name spiny-chest frogs has been coined for them.[3]
Description
Characteristic for this genus is that during the reproductive season, adult males have thorny structures on the fingers and rounded spiny patches on the chest.[4] Breeding takes place in high-elevation streams, and tadpoles have slow development, including overwintering under ice cover.[5]
Species
There are 19 species in the genus:[1][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Alsodes Bell, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Alsodidae/Alsodes. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ↑ Blotto, B. L.; Nuñez, J. J.; Basso, N. S. G.; Úbeda, C. A.; Wheeler, W. C.; Faivovich, J. N. (2013). "Phylogenetic relationships of a Patagonian frog radiation, the Alsodes + Eupsophus clade (Anura: Alsodidae), with comments on the supposed paraphyly of Eupsophus". Cladistics 29 (2): 113–131. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00417.x.
- ↑ Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70
- ↑ Cuevas, C. C.; Formas, J. R. (2005). "A new frog of the genus Alsodes (Leptodactylidae) from the Tolhuaca National Park, Andes Range, southern Chile". Amphibia-Reptilia 26: 39–48. doi:10.1163/1568538053693288. https://www.academia.edu/4744790.
- ↑ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 491.
- ↑ "Alsodidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Alsodidae.shtml. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q2600337 entry
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