Craugastor

Craugastor
Craugastor longirostris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Craugastoridae
Subfamily:Craugastorinae
Genus:Craugastor
Cope, 1862
Type species
Hylodes fitzingeri
Schmidt, 1857
Diversity
113 species (see text)
Synonyms
  • Microbatrachylus Taylor, 1940 "1939"
  • Hylactophryne Lynch, 1968
  • Campbellius Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008

Craugastor is a large genus of frogs in the Craugastoridae family.[1][2][3] It has over 110 species.[3] Its scientific names means brittle-belly, from the Ancient Greek krauros (κραῦρος, brittle, dry) and gastēr (γαστήρ, belly, stomach).[4]

Species

Craugastor contains these species:[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hedges, S. B.; Duellman, W. E. & Heinicke, M. P (2008). "New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation" (PDF). Zootaxa (1737): 1–182. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-10.
  2. ↑ "Craugastoridae. in: AmphibiaWeb - Information on Amphibian Biology and Conservation". University of California, Berkeley, CA. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  3. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Craugastor Cope, 1862". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Dodd, C. Kenneth (2013). Frogs of the United States and Canada. 1. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4214-0633-6.
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