Kingdom Animalia Higher classification Frog Order Frog | Phylum Chordata Rank Family | |
Lower classifications Pristimantis, Craugastor, Craugastor lineatus, Craugastor tabasarae, Craugastor chac |
The Craugastoridae, or fleshbelly frogs, are a family of New World direct-developing frogs. As delineated here, following the Amphibian Species of the World, it is a large family containing 746 species. They are found from the southern United States southwards to Central and South America.
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Taxonomy
The taxonomy of these frogs is not yet settled, and other sources may treat the subfamily Strabomantinae as a family, Strabomantidae, with correspondingly smaller Craugastoridae. The most recent rearrangement of subfamilies and genera is from 2014.
Life history
With the possible exception of Craugastor laticeps that may be ovoviviparous, craugastorid frogs have direct development: no free-living tadpole stage is known; instead, eggs develop directly into small froglets.
Subfamilies and genera
The following taxonomy follows Padial and colleagues (2014) and is adopted by the Amphibian Species of the World.
Taxa not placed in a subfamily
Subfamilies
Taxa formerly in Craugastoridae
The following two taxa were formerly placed in Craugastoridae but are now in superfamily Brachycephaloidea, awaiting more data to resolve their position: