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Haddadus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Subfamily
  
Craugastorinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Craugastoridae

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Haddadus binotatus, Haddadus plicifer

Vocaliza o de haddadus binotatus spix 1824


Haddadus is a genus of frogs in the Craugastoridae family. The genus has three species that are endemic to the Atlantic Forest of east and south-east Brazil. The genus is named for Célio F. B. Haddad, Brazilian herpetologist.

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Haddadus binotatus mouth gapping display


Description

Haddadus are small to medium-sized frogs with head narrower than body. They range in size from 17 mm (0.67 in) (snout–vent length) in only known specimen of Haddadus plicifer to 64 mm (2.5 in) in females of Haddadus binotatus.

Species

The genus contains three species:

  • Haddadus aramunha (Cassimiro, Verdade, and Rodrigues, 2008)
  • Haddadus binotatus (Spix, 1824)
  • Haddadus plicifer (Boulenger, 1888)
  • References

    Haddadus Wikipedia