Sizes range from 10.5 mm ( Eleutherodactylus iberia ) to 88 mm ( Eleutherodactylus inoptatus ). Sexual dimorphism is observed: females are larger than males. The color is varied, corresponds to the place of residence of one kind or another. Head small, eyes with vertical pupils. No opener teeth. The upper jaw is usually with teeth. Males have side resonators. The body is mainly flattened, there is a cartilaginous sternum. The hind limbs are longer than the front, on the fingers of the sucker [2] .
They are found in various landscapes : forests, highlands , near marshes , streams and rivers. Active at dusk or at night. They feed on small invertebrates [1] .
These are egg-laying amphibians with direct development - the tadpole stage is absent, small frogs are already emerging from the egg. Only one species - Golden Coca - ovoviviparous [2] .
The range of the family covers North , Central and South America from central Texas ( USA ) and western Mexico to northeastern Peru and Brazil , as well as the Greater and Lesser Antilles . Several species are ubiquitous [3] .
As of October 2018, the family includes 2 subfamilies, 4 genera, and 226 species [3] [4] :
Eleutherodactylinae Lutz, 1954
- Diasporus Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008 ( 15 species )
- Diasporus anthrax (Lynch, 2001)
- Diasporus citrinobapheus Hertz at al., 2012
- Diasporus darienensis Batista at al., 2016
- Diasporus diastema (Cope, 1875)
- Diasporus gularis (Boulenger, 1898)
- Diasporus hylaeformis (Cope, 1875) - Red-striped leaf frog
- Diasporus igneus Batista, Ponce & Hertz, 2012
- Diasporus majeensis Batista at al., 2016
- Diasporus pequeno Batista at al., 2016
- Diasporus quidditus (Lynch, 2001)
- Diasporus sapo Batista at al., 2016
- Diasporus tigrillo (Savage, 1997)
- Diasporus tinker (Lynch, 2001)
- Diasporus ventrimaculatus Chaves at al., 2009
- Diasporus vocator (Taylor, 1955)
- Eleutherodactylus Duméril & Bibron, 1841 - Leaf Frogs ( 200 species )
Phyzelaphryninae Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008
- Adelophryne Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1984 - Pointed Frogs ( 10 species )
- Adelophryne adiastola Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1984 - Pointed Frog
- Adelophryne baturitensis Hoogmoed, Borges & Cascon, 1994
- Adelophryne glandulata Lourenço de Moraes at al., 2014
- Adelophryne gutturosa Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1984 - Goat Frog
- Adelophryne maranguapensis Hoogmoed, Borges & Cascon, 1994
- Adelophryne meridionalis Santana, Fonseca, Neves & Carvalho, 2012
- Adelophryne michelin Lourenço-de-Moraes et al. 2018
- Adelophryne mucronatus Lourenço-de-Moraes, Solé & Toledo, 2012
- Adelophryne pachydactyla Hoogmoed, Borges & Cascon, 1994
- Adelophryne patamona MacCulloch at al., 2008
- Phyzelaphryne Heyer, 1977 ( 1 view )
- Phyzelaphryne miriamae Heyer, 1977
