Leptodactylus is a genus of Leptodactylidae .[ It includes the species commonly called ditch frogs or white-lipped frogs.][Heyer & Crombie (2005)]
Etymology
The name means 'slender finger', from ('thin, delicate') and the Greek (δάκτυλος]], 'finger, toe').
Taxonomy
The genus Leptodactylus's sister taxon is the genus Hydrolaetare.
The genus is composed of four species groups.
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| Leptodactylus fuscus
group | L. apepyta, | L. fuscus (whistling grass frog) |
| Leptodactylus melanonotus group | L. brevipes, L. colombiensis, L. discodactylus, L. diedrus, L. fremitus, L. grisegularis, L. intermedius, L. leptodactyloides, L. magistris, L. melanonotus, L. natalensis, L. nesiotus, L. pascoensis, L. petersii, L. podicipinus, L. pustulatus, L. riveroi, L. sabanensis, L. validus, L. wagneri | L. melanonotus (Sabinal frog) |
| Leptodactylus latrans
group | L. bolivianus, L. guianensis, L. insularum, L. latrans, L. luctator, L. macrosternum, L. paranaru, L. payaya, L. silvanimbus, L. viridis | L. latrans (butter frog) |
| Leptodactylus pentadactylus
group | L. fallax, L. flavopictus, L. knudseni, L. labyrinthicus, L. laticeps, L. lithonaetes, L. myersi, L. paraensis, L. pentadactylus, L. peritoaktites, L. rhodomerus, L. rhodomystax, L. rhodonotus, L. rugosus, L. savagei, L. stenodema, L. turimiquensis, L. vastus | L. pentadactylus (smoky jungle frog) |
Species
There are 84 species in this genus:
Footnotes
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Heyer, W. Ronald & Crombie, Ronald I. (2005): Leptodactylus lauramiriamae, a distinctive new species of frog (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Rondônia, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(3): 590–595. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118590:LLADNS2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
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