Adenomera

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Adenomera
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Adenomera marmorata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Subfamily: Leptodactylinae
Genus: Adenomera
Steindachner, 1867
Type species
Adenomera marmorata
Steindachner, 1867
Diversity
over 25 species, see text

Adenomera is a genus of leptodactylid frogs, sometimes known as tropical bullfrogs, found in South America east of the Andes. The genus was until recently considered a synonym of Leptodactylus . [1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Adenomera: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Adenomera kweti Adenomera kweti3.jpg
Adenomera kweti
Adenomera saci Adenomera saci 002.jpg
Adenomera saci

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Adenomera Steindachner, 1867". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. "Leptodactylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. Carvalho, Thiago R D; Moraes, Leandro J C L; Lima, Albertina P; Fouquet, Antoine; Peloso, Pedro L V; Pavan, Dante; Drummond, Leandro O; Rodrigues, Miguel T; Giaretta, Ariovaldo A; Gordo, Marcelo; Neckel-Oliveira, Selvino (2020-08-04). "Systematics and historical biogeography of Neotropical foam-nesting frogs of the Adenomera heyeri clade (Leptodactylidae), with the description of six new Amazonian species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: zlaa051. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa051 . hdl: 11449/205825 . ISSN   0024-4082.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  4. Carvalho, Thiago R. de; Simões, Pedro I.; Gagliardi-Urrutia, Giussepe; Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.; Haddad, Célio F. B.; Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago (2020-12-23). "A New Forest-Dwelling Frog Species of the Genus Adenomera (Leptodactylidae) from Northwestern Brazilian Amazonia" . Copeia. 108 (4): 924–937. doi:10.1643/CH-19-329. hdl: 11449/207086 . ISSN   0045-8511. S2CID   230507226.