Overview
Taxonomy
The Family Leiuperidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (1): Leptodactylinae
- Genus (8): Edalorhina · Engystomops · Eupemphix · Paludicola · Physalaemus · Pleurodema · Pseudopaludicola · Somuncuria
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 134 species and subspecies in the Family Leiuperidae.
Genera
Edalorhina
Edalorhina is a genus of frogs. These frogs are found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. [more]
Engystomops
Eupemphix
Paludicola
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]
Physalaemus
Physalaemus is a large genus of leptodactylid frogs. These frogs are found in Central- and South America. It is very similar to Leptodactylus, a close relative, and indeed the recently-rescribed is in some aspects intermediate between them. [more]
Pleurodema
Pleurodema is a genus of frogs from South America. [more]
Pseudopaludicola
Pseudopaludicola is a of leptodactylid frogs from South America. [more]
Somuncuria
The Somuncura Frog or Rana De Somuncura (Somuncuria somuncurensis) is a species of in the Leiuperidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Somuncuria. Until recently it belonged to the Leptodactylidae family. It is endemic to Argentina. Its natural habitat is geothermal wetlands. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]
More info about the Genus Somuncuria may be found here.
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