Cycloramphus Acangatan
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''Cycloramphus'' is a genus of
frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...
s in the family
Cycloramphidae The Cycloramphidae are a Family (taxonomy), 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 Als ...
. The genus is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the southeastern
Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
. They are sometimes known as the button frogs.


Species

There are 28 species:


References

Cycloramphidae Endemic frogs of Brazil Amphibian genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{hyloidea-stub