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, 2005
- 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)
