Leptodactylus

Leptodactylus
Leptodactylus albilabris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Subfamily: Leptodactylinae
Genus: Leptodactylus
Fitzinger, 1826
Species

Many—see text

Leptodactylus is a genus of leptodactylid frogs.[1] It includes the species commonly called ditch frogs or white-lipped frogs.[2] It is very similar to Physalaemus, a close relative, and indeed the 2005 described Leptodactylus lauramiriamae is in some aspects intermediate between them.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Leptodactylus fragilis". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  3. ^ Heyer & Crombie (2005)