Adenomera

Adenomera
Adenomera marmorata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Adenomera
Steindachner, 1867
Type species
Adenomera marmorata
Steindachner, 1867
Diversity
over 25 species, see text

Adenomera is a group of leptodactylid frogs. People call them tropical bullfrogs in English. They live in South America east of the Andes Mountains. Scientists used to think this was the same group as Leptodactylus, but they changed their minds.

Species

The following species are in Adenomera:

Adenomera kweti
Adenomera saci

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Adenomera Steindachner, 1867". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Leptodactylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Carvalho, Thiago R D; Moraes, Leandro J C L; Lima, Albertina P; Fouquet, Antoine; Peloso, Pedro L V; Pavan, Dante; Drummond, Leandro O; Rodrigues, Miguel T; Giaretta, Ariovaldo A; Gordo, Marcelo; Neckel-Oliveira, Selvino (2020-08-04). "Systematics and historical biogeography of Neotropical foam-nesting frogs of the Adenomera heyeri clade (Leptodactylidae), with the description of six new Amazonian species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlaa051. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa051. hdl:11449/205825. ISSN 0024-4082.
  4. ↑ Carvalho, Thiago R. de; Simões, Pedro I.; Gagliardi-Urrutia, Giussepe; Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.; Haddad, Célio F. B.; Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago (2020-12-23). "A New Forest-Dwelling Frog Species of the Genus Adenomera (Leptodactylidae) from Northwestern Brazilian Amazonia". Copeia. 108 (4): 924–937. doi:10.1643/CH-19-329. hdl:11449/207086. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 230507226.