Physalaemus

Physalaemus
Physalaemus cuvieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Physalaemus
Fitzinger, 1826
Type species
Physalaemus cuvieri
Fitzinger, 1826
Diversity
About 48 species (see text)
Synonyms
  • Paludicola Wagler, 1830
  • Liuperus Cope, 1861 "1860"
  • Gomphobates Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862 "1861"
  • Eupemphix Steindachner, 1863
  • Nattereria Steindachner, 1864
Physalaemus marmoratus
Physalaemus maculiventris
Physalaemus olfersii

Physalaemus is a large group of frogs in the family Leptodactylidae. They live in South America. People call these frogs dwarf frogs or foam frogs in English. This group is like Leptodactylus. Researchers say these frogs have one of the most confusing histories of any frog or toad in the New World their bodies have so many different shapes and they are so hard to see.

Physalaemus nattereri showing its spots.

Species

There are 50 or 51 species in this genus. AmphibiaWeb says Physalaemus nattereri is really Eupemphix nattereri.

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Physalaemus Fitzinger, 1826". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  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. 1 2 Cardozo, Dario; Tomatis, Cristian; Duport Bru, Ana S.; Kolenc, Francisco; Borteiro, Claudio; Pansonato, André; Confalonieri, Viviana; Lourenço, Luciana Bolsoni; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Baldo, Diego (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.
  4. ↑ "Leptodactylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.