Stereocyclops

Stereocyclops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Gastrophryninae
Genus: Stereocyclops
Cope, 1870
Species

4, see text.

Synonyms

Hyophryne Carvalho, 1954

Stereocyclops (common name: Brazilian dumpy frogs) is a small genus of microhylid frogs endemic to the Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil.[1][2]

Species

There are four species in the genus[1]

Binomial name and authorCommon name
Stereocyclops histrio (Carvalho, 1954) Bahia yellow frog
Stereocyclops incrassatus Cope, 1870 Brazilian dumpy frog
Stereocyclops palmipes Caramaschi, Salles, and Cruz, 2012
Stereocyclops parkeri (Wettstein, 1934)

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Stereocyclops Cope, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: Stereocyclops. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 29 November 2013)
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