Cryptobatrachus

Cryptobatrachus
Cryptobatrachus boulengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Hemiphractidae
Genus:Cryptobatrachus
Ruthven, 1916
Type species
Cryptobatrachus boulengeri
Ruthven, 1916
Diversity
6 species, see the text

Cryptobatrachus is a genus of frogs under family Hemiphractidae. They are found in Colombia and Venezuela.[1] They are commonly called backpack frogs,[1] as the females have the habit of carrying their clutch on their backs until the young hatch; this behaviour also occurs in the related hemiphractid genera Hemiphractus and Stefania.[2]

Species

There are six species in the genus Cryptobatrachus:[1]

  • Cryptobatrachus boulengeri Ruthven, 1916
  • Cryptobatrachus conditus Lynch, 2008
  • Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni (Peracca, 1914)
  • Cryptobatrachus pedroruizi Lynch, 2008
  • Cryptobatrachus remotus Infante-Rivero, Rojas-Runjaic, and Barrio-Amorós, 2009
  • Cryptobatrachus ruthveni Lynch, 2008

References

  1. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Cryptobatrachus Ruthven, 1916". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Means, D. Bruce; William E. Duellman; Valerie C. Clark (2008). "Ovipositing behavior in the egg-brooding frog Stefania ayangannae (Anura, Hemiphractidae)". Phyllomedusa. 7 (2): 143–148. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v7i2p143-148.


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