The Cycloramphidae are a family of frogs endemic to southeastern Brazil. This family has seen large changes in its composition. Genera that have at some point been included in the Cycloramphidae are at present placed in the

Alsodidae The Alsodidae are a small family of frogs from South America between Patagonia and southern Brazil. It contains 30 species in three genera. This family, along with several other families, used to be included in the family Leptodactylidae. It was ...

Hylodidae Hylodidae, commonly known as giant Neotropical torrent frogs, is a family of frogs native to Brazil and northern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the souther ...

, Leptodactylidae, and Rhinodermatidae. Of these, the Alsodidae and/or Hylodidae have also been considered as

subfamilies In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

of Cycloramphidae (as, respectively, Alsodinae and Hylodinae); the Cycloramphidae, as recognized at present, would be similar to subfamily Cycloramphinae under such system.

Genera

There are 36 species in three genera: * ''

Cycloramphus ''Cycloramphus'' is a genus of frogs in the family Cycloramphidae. The genus is endemic to the southeastern Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South A ...

'' Tschudi, 1838 * ''

Thoropa ''Thoropa'' is a genus of frogs in the family Cycloramphidae. They are endemic to eastern and southeastern Brazil. They are sometimes known as river frogs. Description, ecology, and behavior ''Thoropa'' are associated with rocks and have crypti ...

'' Cope, 1865 * ''

Zachaenus ''Zachaenus'' is a genus of frogs in the family Cycloramphidae. There are two species that both are endemic to southeastern Brazil. Common name bug-eyed frogs has been coined for the genus. Ecology ''Zachaenus'' are leaf-litter inhabitants of th ...

'' Cope, 1866 The AmphibiaWeb omits ''Zachaenus'' from this family, considering its placement within Hyloidea as uncertain.

References

Amphibian families Amphibians of South America Endemic fauna of Brazil Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte {{Hyloidea-stub