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Hylodidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Amphibia

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anura

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Similar
  
Hylodes, Cycloramphidae, Ptychadenidae, Limnodynastidae, Crossodactylus

Hylodes asper anura hylodidae foot flagging and vocalizing


The Hylodidae are a small family of frogs. Whether their sister taxon is the Dendrobatoidea or Alsodidae is still under debate. They are native to Brazil and northern Argentina.

Contents

Hylodes phyllodes anura hylodidae vocalizing


Diversity

The family contains 46 species in three genera:

  • Crossodactylus Duméril and Bibron, 1841 (14 species)
  • Hylodes Fitzinger, 1826 (25 species)
  • Megaelosia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923 (seven species)
  • References

    Hylodidae Wikipedia