Chiasmocleis

Chiasmocleis
Chiasmocleis albopunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Gastrophryninae
Genus: Chiasmocleis
Méhelÿ, 1904
Type species
Engystoma albopunctatum
Boettger, 1885
Species

36 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]
  • Nectodactylus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1924
  • Syncope Walker, 1973
  • Unicus de Sá, Tonini, van Huss, Long, Cuddy, Forlani, Peloso, Zaher, and Haddad, 2019
  • Relictus de Sá, Tonini, van Huss, Long, Cuddy, Forlani, Peloso, Zaher, and Haddad, 2018 "2019" – preoccupied by Relictus Hubbs and Miller 1972
  • Relictocleis Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021

Chiasmocleis is a genus of microhylid frogs.[1][2] They are found in tropical South America north and east of the Andes. Their common name is humming frogs or silent frogs, the latter referring to the formerly recognized Syncope.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Chiasmocleis Méhely, 1904". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.