| Alsodidae | |
|---|---|
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| Alsodes verrucosus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Superfamily: | Hyloidea |
| Family: | Alsodidae Mivart, 1869 |
| Type genus | |
| Alsodes Bell, 1843 | |
| Genera | |
3, see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
AlsodinaeMivart, 1869 | |
TheAlsodidae are a smallfamily offrogs from South America betweenPatagonia and southern Brazil. It contains 30 species in three genera.[1][2] This family, along with several other families, used to be included in the familyLeptodactylidae.[3] It was then asubfamily in the familyCycloramphidae, before being recognized as a family first in 2011.[4]
The family contains three genera:[1][2]
However, the placement ofLimnomedusa is highly uncertain, and it might belong to the familyCycloramphidae.[1] In contrast,Alsodes+Eupsophus group (sensu stricto, after moving some species formerly included in the latter genus to other genera) forms a well-supported,monophyletic group. These genera are Patagonianendemics and represent the largest part of the amphibian diversity in that area.Eupsophus species are restricted to forested areas at southern latitudes, but some species ofAlsodes reach the aridAndean slopes in central Chile and Argentina.[5]
