Pleurodema
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| Pleurodema | |
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| Pleurodema brachyops | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | "Amphibia" (wide sense) |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Subfamily: | Leiuperinae |
| Genus: | Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurodema bibroni Tschudi, 1838 | |
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Pleurodema is a genus of leptodactylid frogs from South America. They are sometimes known under the common name four-eyed frogs[1] because of two inguinal poison glands that resemble eyes.[2] When threatened, the frog lowers its head and raises its rear. When the frog adopts this posture the poison glands are also raised toward the predator. The predator may also confuse the frog's raised posterior for the head of a larger animal.[3]
Species
The genus contains only the following two species:[1]
- Pleurodema alium Maciel and Nunes, 2010
- Pleurodema bibroni Tschudi, 1838
- Pleurodema borellii (Peracca, 1895)
- Pleurodema brachyops (Cope, 1869)
- Pleurodema bufoninum Bell, 1843
- Pleurodema cinereum Cope, 1878
- Pleurodema cordobae Valetti, Salas, and Martino, 2009
- Pleurodema diplolistris (Peters, 1870)
- Pleurodema guayapae Barrio, 1964
- Pleurodema kriegi (Müller, 1926)
- Pleurodema marmoratum (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
- Pleurodema nebulosum (Burmeister, 1861)
- Pleurodema somuncurense (Cei, 1969)
- Pleurodema thaul (Lesson, 1827)
- Pleurodema tucumanum Parker, 1927
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Species profile: four-eyed frog". Conservacion Patagonic. 2012-11-16. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ Duellman, William E. (1994). Biology of Amphibians. Baltimore: JHU Press. p. 670. ISBN 9780801847806.
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