Physalaemus | |
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Physalaemus cuvieri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Leptodactylidae |
Subfamily: | Leiuperinae |
Genus: | Physalaemus Fitzinger, 1826 |
Type species | |
Physalaemus cuvieri Fitzinger, 1826
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Diversity | |
About 48 species (see text) | |
Synonyms | |
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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]