Eleutherodactylinae (Subfamily)

Overview

The 801 described members of family Eleutherodactylidae (formerly a subfamily of the Leptodactylidae) make up 27% of all neotropical frog species, most of which are grouped in the genus Eleutherodactylus.^1]

Genera

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Adelophryne Hoogmoed et Lescure, 1984.
Atopophrynus Lynch and Ruiz-Carranza, 1982.
Barycholos Heyer, 1969.
Dischidodactylus Lynch, 1979.
Eleutherodactylus Dum?ril and Bibron, 1841.
Euparkerella Griffiths, 1959.
Geobatrachus Ruthven, 1915.
Holoaden Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920.
Ischnocnema Reinhardt and L?tken, 1862
Oreobates Jim?nez de la Espada, 1872.
Phrynopus Peters, 1873.
Phyllonastes Heyer, 1977.
Phyzelaphryne Heyer, 1977.

References

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^ Heinicke, M.P., W.E. Duellman & S.B. Hedges (2007). "Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal". Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 104 (24): 10092?7. doi:10.1073/pnas.0611051104. PMC 1891260. PMID 17548823. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1891260.

Taxonomy

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The Subfamily Eleutherodactylinae is a member of the Family Brachycephalidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Eleutherodactylinae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
        Class: Amphibia (am-FIB-ee-uh) Gray, 1825
        Subclass: Lissamphibia Haeckel, 1866
        Infraclass: Lissamphibia
        Order: Anura (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825 - Frogs, Toads
        Suborder: Neobatrachia Reig, 1958
        Superfamily: Bufonoidea
        Family: Brachycephalidae Günther, 1858 - Shield Toads
        Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae

The Subfamily Eleutherodactylinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (4): Diasporus · Eleutherodactylus · Ischnocnema · Phyllonastes
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 866 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Eleutherodactylinae.

Genera

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Diasporus

Eleutherodactylus

Eleutherodactylus is a genus of frogs in the Eleutherodactylidae family. Many of the 185 species of the genus are commonly known as "rain frogs" or "robber frogs", due to their sharp, high-pitched, insect-like calls. [more]

Ischnocnema

Frogs of the genus Ischnocnema form the southeast Brazil clade of species that have formerly been classified as Eleutherodactylus. [more]

Phyllonastes

Phyllonastes is a genus of frogs. [more]

At least 8 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Phyllonastes.

More info about the Genus Phyllonastes may be found here.

References

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^ Heinicke, M.P., W.E. Duellman & S.B. Hedges (2007). "Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal". Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 104 (24): 10092?7. doi:10.1073/pnas.0611051104. PMC 1891260. PMID 17548823. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1891260.

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