Alsodes
Alsodes | |
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Alsodes verrucosus from Volcan Calbuco in southern Chile | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Alsodidae |
Genus: | Alsodes Bell, 1843 |
Type species | |
Alsodes monticola Bell, 1843 | |
Species | |
18, see text. |
Alsodes is a genus of alsodid frogs found in Chile and Argentina.[1] It is the most species-rich frog genus in Patagonia.[2] They are commonly called spiny-chest frogs.[3]
Description
Characteristic for this genus is that during the reproductive season, adult males have thorny structures on the fingers and rounded spiny patches on the chest.[4] Breeding takes place in high-elevation streams, and tadpoles have slow development, including overwintering under ice cover.[5]
Species
There are 18 species in the genus:[1][6]
- Alsodes australis Formas, Úbeda, Cuevas & Nuñez, 1997
- Alsodes barrioi Veloso, Diaz, Iturra & Penna, 1981
- Alsodes coppingeri (Günther, 1881)
- Alsodes gargola Gallardo, 1970
- Alsodes hugoi Cuevas & Formas, 2001
- Alsodes igneus Cuevas & Formas, 2005
- Alsodes kaweshkari Formas, Cuevas & Nuñez, 1998
- Alsodes montanus (Lataste in Philippi, 1902)
- Alsodes monticola Bell, 1843
- Alsodes neuquensis Cei, 1976
- Alsodes nodosus (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
- Alsodes norae Cuevas, 2008
- Alsodes pehuenche Cei, 1976
- Alsodes tumultuosus Veloso, Iturra & Galleguillos, 1979
- Alsodes valdiviensis Formas, Cuevas & Brieva, 2002
- Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974)
- Alsodes verrucosus (Philippi, 1902)
- Alsodes vittatus (Philippi, 1902)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Alsodes Bell, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ↑ Blotto, B. L.; Nuñez, J. J.; Basso, N. S. G.; Úbeda, C. A.; Wheeler, W. C.; Faivovich, J. N. (2013). "Phylogenetic relationships of a Patagonian frog radiation, the Alsodes + Eupsophus clade (Anura: Alsodidae), with comments on the supposed paraphyly of Eupsophus". Cladistics 29 (2): 113–131. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00417.x.
- ↑ Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70
- ↑ Cuevas, C. C.; Formas, J. R. (2005). "A new frog of the genus Alsodes (Leptodactylidae) from the Tolhuaca National Park, Andes Range, southern Chile". Amphibia-Reptilia 26: 39–48. doi:10.1163/1568538053693288.
- ↑ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 491.
- ↑ "Alsodidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.