''Adenomera'' is a genus of

leptodactylid The southern frogs form the Leptodactylidae, a name that comes from Greek meaning a bird or other animal having slender toes. They are a diverse family of frogs that most likely diverged from other hyloids during the Cretaceous. The family has u ...

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...

s, sometimes known as tropical bullfrogs, found in South America east of the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

. The genus was until recently considered a synonym of ''

Leptodactylus ''Leptodactylus'' is a genus of leptodactylid frogs. It includes the species commonly called ditch frogs or white-lipped frogs. It is very similar to ''Physalaemus ''Physalaemus'' is a large genus of leptodactylid The southern frogs form th ...

''.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Adenomera'':

References

Leptodactylinae Amphibians of South America Amphibian genera Taxa named by Franz Steindachner {{Leptodactylidae-stub