Alsodidae (lat.) - a family of tailless amphibians that live in South America . Until 2011, it was considered as a subfamily of Alsodinae of the family Cycloramphidae [1] .
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Description
The total length of representatives of this genus ranges from 25 to 70 mm. Males in the breeding season develop spikes on the chest and spiky protrusions on the thumb and second finger. Color yellow, brown or mesh [2] .
Lifestyle
In view of the rare discovery of most species, lifestyle has not been sufficiently studied. Representatives of the family were found in a variety of biotopes - humid forests, wetlands, rocky shores, near high mountain water bodies. Most likely, they are tolerant to environmental changes [3] .
Distribution
The range extends from southern Brazil to northern Paraguay , Chile and Argentina [4] .
Classification
As of October 2018, the family includes 3 genera and 26 species [4] [5] :
- Alsodes Bell, 1843 - Shipogruds ( 19 species )
- Eupsophus Fitzinger, 1843 ( 6 species )
- Limnomedusa Fitzinger, 1843 - Limnomedusa ( 1 species )
- Limnomedusa macroglossa (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) - Limnomedusa
Gallery
Alsodes nodosus
Eupsophus roseus
Limnomedusa macroglossa
Notes
- ↑ Pyron, AR; Wiens, JJ A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Eng.) // Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution : journal. - Academic Press , 2011. - Vol. 61 , no. 2 . - P. 543-583 . - DOI : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2011.06.06.012 . - PMID 21723399 .
- ↑ Amphibia Web. Alsodidae . Provides information on amphibian declines, natural history, conservation, and taxonomy (2017).
- ↑ Vitt, LJ; and Caldwell, JP (2013). Herpetology, Fourth Edition: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles , p. 457. ISBN 978-0-12-386919-7
- ↑ 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. Alsodidae . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History (2017).
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 77.90. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
Literature
- Mivart, 1869: On the Classification of the Anurous Batrachians . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 1869, p. 280-295.