Leiuperinae

Leiuperinae
Pleurodema brachyops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Subfamily: Leiuperinae
Bonaparte, 1850
Type genus
Leiuperus
Duméril and Bibron, 1841
Synonyms

Leiuperina Bonaparte, 1850
Leiuperidae 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]

  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Leiuperinae Bonaparte, 1850". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 May 2015.