Biology:Physalaemus

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Physalaemus is a large genus of leptodactylid frogs. These frogs, sometimes known as dwarf frogs or foam frogs, are found in South America.[1] It is very similar to Leptodactylus, a close relative, and indeed the recently described Leptodactylus lauramiriamae is in some aspects intermediate between them.[2] They have been described by researchers as presenting one of the most puzzling taxonomic histories among Neotropical anurans because of the occurrence of highly polymorphic and cryptic species.[3]

Species

There are 51[1][3] or 50 species (AmphibiaWeb lists Physalaemus nattereri as Eupemphix nattereri ):[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Physalaemus Fitzinger, 1826". 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/Leptodactylidae/Leiuperinae/Physalaemus. 
  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)118[590:LLADNS]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cardozo, Dario; Tomatis, Cristian; Duport Bru, Ana S.; Kolenc, Francisco; Borteiro, Claudio; Pansonato, André; Confalonieri, Viviana; Lourenço, Luciana Bolsoni et al. (2023-12-20). "The Taxonomic Status of Physalaemus cuqui Lobo, 1993, with the Description of a New Species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Argentina and Paraguay". Herpetological Monographs 37 (1): 95-128. doi:10.1655/herpmonographs-d-22-00003. ISSN 0733-1347. https://doi.org/10.1655/herpmonographs-d-22-00003. 
  4. "Leptodactylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Leptodactylidae.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q949821 entry