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Genus of amphibians

Ischnocnema
Ischnocnema izecksohni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Brachycephalidae
Genus: Ischnocnema
Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862
Type species
Leiuperus verrucosus
Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862
Diversity
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Ischnocnema is a genus of frogs from eastern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina. They comprise the former Eleutherodactylus from this region, but they are closer to Brachycephalus than the "true" Eleutherodactylus. Consequently, they are now placed in their own genus Ischnocnema in the family Brachycephalidae.

Species

The following species: are recognised in the genus Ischnocnema:

References

  1. ^ "Brachycephalidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. . Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ischnocnema Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. ^ Hedges, S. B.; Duellman, W. E. & Heinicke, M. P. (2008). "New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1737: 1–182. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1.
  4. Heinicke, M. P.; W. E. Duellman & S. B. Hedges (2007). "Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104 (24): 10092–10097. doi:10.1073/pnas.0611051104. PMC 1891260. PMID 17548823.
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