Amphignathodontidae

Marsupial frogs
Gastrotheca excubitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Amphignathodontidae
Boulenger, 1882
Genus

Gastrotheca
Flectonotus

The marsupial frogs are a disputed family (Amphignathodontidae) in the order Anura.[1] Where it is treated as a separate family, it consists of two genera, Gastrotheca, and Flectonotus.[2] These frogs are native to Neotropical America (Central and South America). Under currently dominating view, these are treated as part of family Hemiphractidae.[1][3][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Hemiphractidae Peters, 1862". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. Frost, Darrel R.; Grant, Taran; Faivovich, Julián; Bain, Raoul H.; Haas, Alexander; Haddad, Célio F.B.; De Sá, Rafael O.; Channing, Alan; Wilkinson, Mark; Donnellan, Stephen C.; Raxworthy, Christopher J.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Blotto, Boris L.; Moler, Paul; Drewes, Robert C.; Nussbaum, Ronald A.; Lynch, John D.; Green, David M.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–291. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5781.
  3. "Hemiphractidae Peters, 1862". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. "Hemiphractidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.