Physalaemus
Genus of amphibians
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Physalaemus is a large genus of leptodactylid frogs. These frogs, sometimes known as dwarf frogs or foam frogs, are found in South America.[1] It is very similar to Leptodactylus, a close relative, and indeed the recently described Leptodactylus lauramiriamae is in some aspects intermediate between them.[2] They have been described by researchers as presenting one of the most puzzling taxonomic histories among Neotropical anurans because of the occurrence of highly polymorphic and cryptic species.[3]
| Physalaemus | |
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| Physalaemus cuvieri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Subfamily: | Leiuperinae |
| Genus: | Physalaemus Fitzinger, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Physalaemus cuvieri Fitzinger, 1826 | |
| Diversity | |
| About 48 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
There are 51[1][3] or 50 species (AmphibiaWeb lists Physalaemus nattereri as Eupemphix nattereri ):[4]
- Physalaemus aguirrei Bokermann, 1966
- Physalaemus albifrons (Spix, 1824)
- Physalaemus albonotatus (Steindachner, 1864)
- Physalaemus angrensis (Weber, Gonzaga & Carvalho-e-Silva, 2006)
- Physalaemus araxa (Leal et al., 2021)
- Physalaemus atim (Brasileiro & Haddad, 2015)
- Physalaemus atlanticus (Haddad & Sazima, 2004)
- Physalaemus barrioi (Bokermann, 1967)
- Physalaemus biligonigerus (Cope, 1861)
- Physalaemus bokermanni (Cardoso & Haddad, 1985)
- Physalaemus caete (Pombal & Madureira, 1997)
- Physalaemus camacan (Pimenta, Cruz & Silvano, 2005)
- Physalaemus carrizorum (Cardozo & Pereyra, 2018)
- Physalaemus centralis (Bokermann, 1962)
- Physalaemus cicada (Bokermann, 1966)
- Physalaemus claptoni (Leal et al., 2020)
- Physalaemus cristinae (Cardozo et al., 2023)
- Physalaemus crombiei (Heyer & Wolf, 1989)
- Physalaemus cuqui (Lobo, 1993)
- Physalaemus cuvieri (Fitzinger, 1826)
- Physalaemus deimaticus (Sazima & Caramaschi, 1988)
- Physalaemus ephippifer (Steindachner, 1864)
- Physalaemus erikae (Cruz & Pimenta, 2004)
- Physalaemus erythros (Caramaschi, Feio & Guimarães, 2003)
- Physalaemus evangelistai (Bokermann, 1967)
- Physalaemus feioi (Cassini, Cruz & Caramaschi, 2010)
- Physalaemus fernandezae (Müller, 1926)
- Physalaemus fischeri (Boulenger, 1890)
- Physalaemus gracilis (Boulenger, 1883)
- Physalaemus henselii (Peters, 1872)
- Physalaemus insperatus (Cruz, Cassini & Caramaschi, 2008)
- Physalaemus irroratus (Cruz, Nascimento & Feio, 2007)
- Physalaemus jordanensis (Bokermann, 1967)
- Physalaemus kroyeri (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
- Physalaemus lateristriga (Steindachner, 1864)
- Physalaemus lisei (Braun & Braun, 1977)
- Physalaemus maculiventris (Lutz, 1925)
- Physalaemus marmoratus (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
- Physalaemus maximus (Feio, Pombal & Caramaschi, 1999)
- Physalaemus moreirae (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937)
- Physalaemus nanus (Boulenger, 1888)
- Physalaemus nattereri (Steindachner, 1863)
- Physalaemus obtectus (Bokermann, 1966)
- Physalaemus olfersii (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856)
- Physalaemus orophilus (Cassini, Cruz & Caramaschi, 2010)
- Physalaemus riograndensis (Milstead, 1960)
- Physalaemus rupestris (Caramaschi, Carcerelli & Feio, 1991)
- Physalaemus santafecinus (Barrio, 1965)
- Physalaemus signifer (Girard, 1853)
- Physalaemus soaresi (Izecksohn, 1965)
- Physalaemus spiniger (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
