Elachistocleis

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Elachistocleis
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Elachistocleis ovalis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Gastrophryninae
Genus: Elachistocleis
Parker, 1927
Type species
Rana ovalis
Schneider, 1799
Species

17, see text.

Synonyms

Relictivomer

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Elachistocleis is a genus of microhylid frogs found in southern America from Panama southwards. Their common name is oval frogs, although for historic reasons not all species are named so.[1][2]

Species

The Amphibian Species of the World lists 17 species:[1]

Binomial name and author Common name
Elachistocleis bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) Two-colored oval frog
Elachistocleis bumbameuboi Caramaschi, 2010
Elachistocleis carvalhoi Caramaschi, 2010
Elachistocleis cesarii (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
Elachistocleis erythrogaster Kwet & Di-Bernardo, 1998
Elachistocleis haroi Pereyra, Akmentins, Laufer & Vaira, 2013[3]
Elachistocleis helianneae Caramaschi, 2010
Elachistocleis magnus Toledo, 2010
Elachistocleis matogrosso Caramaschi, 2010
Elachistocleis muiraquitan Nunes-de-Almeida and Toledo, 2012
Elachistocleis ovalis (Schneider, 1799) Common oval frog
Elachistocleis panamensis (Dunn, Trapido, and Evans, 1948) Panama humming frog
Elachistocleis pearsei (Ruthven, 1914) Colombian plump prog
Elachistocleis piauiensis Caramaschi & Jim, 1983 Piaui oval frog
Elachistocleis skotogaster Lavilla, Vaira & Ferrari, 2003
Elachistocleis surinamensis (Daudin, 1802) Surinam oval frog
Elachistocleis surumu Caramaschi, 2010

References

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  2. AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: Elachistocleis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 29 November 2013).
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