Leiuperinae | |
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Pleurodema brachyops | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Leptodactylidae |
Subfamily: | Leiuperinae Bonaparte, 1850 |
Type genus | |
Leiuperus Duméril and Bibron, 1841
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Synonyms | |
Leiuperina Bonaparte, 1850 |
The Leiuperinae are a subfamily of frogs in the family Leptodactylidae. Over 90 species are in five genera. The distribution of this subfamily is from southern Mexico to the Central America and much of South America.[1]