Elachistocleis
Elachistocleis | |
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Elachistocleis ovalis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Microhylidae |
Subfamily: | Gastrophryninae |
Genus: | Elachistocleis Parker, 1927 |
Type species | |
Rana ovalis Schneider, 1799 | |
Species | |
17, see text. | |
Synonyms | |
Relictivomer |
Elachistocleis is a genus of microhylid frogs found in southern America from Panama southwards. Their common name is oval frogs, although for historic reasons not all species are named so.[1][2]
Species
The Amphibian Species of the World lists 17 species:[1]
Binomial name and author | Common name |
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Elachistocleis bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) | Two-colored oval frog |
Elachistocleis bumbameuboi Caramaschi, 2010 | |
Elachistocleis carvalhoi Caramaschi, 2010 | |
Elachistocleis cesarii (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) | |
Elachistocleis erythrogaster Kwet & Di-Bernardo, 1998 | |
Elachistocleis haroi Pereyra, Akmentins, Laufer & Vaira, 2013[3] | |
Elachistocleis helianneae Caramaschi, 2010 | |
Elachistocleis magnus Toledo, 2010 | |
Elachistocleis matogrosso Caramaschi, 2010 | |
Elachistocleis muiraquitan Nunes-de-Almeida and Toledo, 2012 | |
Elachistocleis ovalis (Schneider, 1799) | Common oval frog |
Elachistocleis panamensis (Dunn, Trapido, and Evans, 1948) | Panama humming frog |
Elachistocleis pearsei (Ruthven, 1914) | Colombian plump prog |
Elachistocleis piauiensis Caramaschi & Jim, 1983 | Piaui oval frog |
Elachistocleis skotogaster Lavilla, Vaira & Ferrari, 2003 | |
Elachistocleis surinamensis (Daudin, 1802) | Surinam oval frog |
Elachistocleis surumu Caramaschi, 2010 | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Elachistocleis Parker, 1927". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: Elachistocleis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 29 November 2013).
- ↑ Pereyra, L. C.; Akmentins, M. S.; Laufer, G.; Vaira, M. (2013). "A new species of Elachistocleis (Anura: Microhylidae) from north-western Argentina". Zootaxa 3694 (6): 525. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3694.6.2.