Leptodactylus

Taxobox
name = Leptodactylus

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Leptodactylus albilabris"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
subclassis = Lissamphibia
ordo = Anura
subordo = Neobatrachia
familia = Leptodactylidae
subfamilia = Leptodactylinae
genus = " Leptodactylus"
genus_authority = Fitzinger, 1826
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Many, see text.

"Leptodactylus" is a genus of leptodactylid frogs. It includes the species commonly called ditch frogs. It is very similar to "Physalaemus", a close relative, and indeed the recently-rescribed "Leptodactylus lauramiriamae" is in some aspects intermediate between them [Heyer & Crombie (2005)] .

elected species

* "Leptodactylus ajurauna"
* "Leptodactylus albilabris"
* "Leptodactylus bolivianus"
* "Leptodactylus bufonius"
* "Leptodactylus caatingae"
* "Leptodactylus camaquara"
* "Leptodactylus chaquensis"
* "Leptodactylus coca"
* "Leptodactylus colombiensis"
* "Leptodactylus cunicularius"
* "Leptodactylus didymus"
* "Leptodactylus diedrus"
* "Leptodactylus dominicensis" – Hispaniolan Ditch Frog
* "Leptodactylus elenae"
* "Leptodactylus fallax" – Giant Ditch Frog
* "Leptodactylus flavopictus"
* "Leptodactylus fragilis" – Mexican White-lipped Frog
* "Leptodactylus furnarius"
* "Leptodactylus fuscus"
* "Leptodactylus gracilis"
* "Leptodactylus griseigularis"
* "Leptodactylus hallowelli"
* "Leptodactylus hylodes"
* "Leptodactylus jolyi"
* "Leptodactylus knudseni"
* "Leptodactylus labrosus"
* "Leptodactylus labyrinthicus"
* "Leptodactylus laticeps"
* "Leptodactylus latinasus" – Urnero
* "Leptodactylus lauramiriamae" Heyer & Crombie, 2005 - tentatively placed here
* "Leptodactylus leptodactyloides"
* "Leptodactylus lithonaetes"
* "Leptodactylus longirostris"
* "Leptodactylus magistris"
* "Leptodactylus marambaiae"
* "Leptodactylus melanonotus"
* "Leptodactylus myersi"
* "Leptodactylus mystaceus"
* "Leptodactylus mystacinus"
* "Leptodactylus natalensis"
* "Leptodactylus nesiotes" Heyer, 1994
* "Leptodactylus notoaktites"
* "Leptodactylus ocellatus"
* "Leptodactylus pallidirostris"
* "Leptodactylus paraensis" Heyer, 2005
* "Leptodactylus pascoensis"
* "Leptodactylus pentadactylus" – Smoky Jungle Frog
* "Leptodactylus peritoaktites" Heyer, 2005
* "Leptodactylus petersii"
* "Leptodactylus plaumanni"
* "Leptodactylus podicipinus"
* "Leptodactylus poecilochilus"
* "Leptodactylus pustulatus"
* "Leptodactylus rhodomerus" Heyer, 2005
* "Leptodactylus rhodomystax"
* "Leptodactylus rhodonotus"
* "Leptodactylus rhodostima"
* "Leptodactylus riveroi"
* "Leptodactylus rugosus"
* "Leptodactylus sabanensis"
* "Leptodactylus savagei" Heyer, 2005
* "Leptodactylus sertanejo" Giaretta & Costa, 2007
* "Leptodactylus silvanimbus"
* "Leptodactylus spixi"
* "Leptodactylus stenodema"
* "Leptodactylus syphax"
* "Leptodactylus tapiti"
* "Leptodactylus thomei" Almeida & Angulo, 2006
* "Leptodactylus troglodytes"
* "Leptodactylus turimiquensis" Heyer, 2005
* "Leptodactylus validus" – Windward Ditch Frog
* "Leptodactylus ventrimaculatus"
* "Leptodactylus viridis"
* "Leptodactylus wagneri"

Footnotes

References

* (2005): "Leptodactylus lauramiriamae", a distinctive new species of frog (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Rondônia, Brazil. "Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" 118(3): 590–595. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118 [590:LLADNS] 2.0.CO;2 [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2988%2F0006-324X%282005%29118%5B590%3ALLADNS%5D2.0.CO%3B2 HTML abstract]