The Leptodactylinae are a
subfamily
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 botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
of
leptodactylid 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 distributed between southern North America (Texas, USA, and Sonora, Mexico) and
South America
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to Brazil. Their
sister taxon
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Definition
The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram:
Taxon A and ...
is the
clade
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comprising the
Leiuperinae and
Paratelmatobiinae.
Genera
The four genera in the subfamily are:
[
* '']Adenomera
''Adenomera'' is a genus of Leptodactylidae, 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''.
Species
The following spe ...
'' Steindachner, 1867
* ''Hydrolaetare
''Hydrolaetare'' is a genus of leptodactylid frogs. These frogs are found in Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world' ...
'' Gallardo, 1963
* ''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'', a close relative, and indeed the 2005 described ''Leptodactylus lauramiriamae' ...
'' Fitzinger, 1826
* '' Lithodytes'' Fitzinger, 1843
References
Taxa named by Franz Werner
Amphibian subfamilies
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