Flectonotus
| Flectonotus | |
|---|---|
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| Flectonotus pygmaeus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Flectonotus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Nototrema pygmaeum Boettger, 1893 | |
| Species | |
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2 species (see text) | |
Flectonotus is a group of frogs in the family Hemiphractidae. They live in the Andes mountains in northeastern Colombia and Venezuela. They also live in Trinidad and Tobago.
Other frogs
Scientists used to think that all the frogs in Fritziana were Flectonotus frogs, but they looked at the frogs' bodies, DNA, homes, and things they did and decided they should be in two different groups.
Species
There are two species in Flectonotus:
- Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1934)
- Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Flectonotus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- 1 2 "Hemiphractidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Duellman, William E.; Jungfer, Karl-Heinz; Blackburn, David C. (2011). "The phylogenetic relationship of geographically separated "Flectonotus" (Anura: Hemiphractidae), as revealed by molecular, behavioral, and morphological data". Phyllomedusa. 10 (1): 15–29. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v10i1p15-29.
