Ischnocnema

Ischnocnema
Ischnocnema izecksohni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Brachycephalidae
Genus: Ischnocnema
Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862
Type species
Leiuperus verrucosus
Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862
Diversity
33 species (see text)

Ischnocnema is a genus of frogs from east Brazil and northeast Argentina.[1][2][3] They comprise the former Eleutherodactylus from this region,[4] but they are closer to Brachycephalus than the "true" Eleutherodactylus. Consequently, they are now placed in their own genus Ischnocnema in the family Brachycephalidae.[1][2][3]

Species

There are 33 species:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Brachycephalidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ischnocnema Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 Hedges, S. B., Duellman, W. E., and Heinicke, M. P (2008). "New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1737: 1–182.
  4. Heinicke, M.P., W.E. Duellman & S.B. Hedges (2007). "Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104 (24): 10092–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.0611051104. PMC 1891260Freely accessible. PMID 17548823.


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