Cryptobatrachus
Appearance
Cryptobatrachus | |
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Cryptobatrachus boulengeri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hemiphractidae |
Genus: | Cryptobatrachus Ruthven, 1916 |
Type species | |
Cryptobatrachus boulengeri Ruthven, 1916
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Diversity | |
6 species, see the text |
Cryptobatrachus is a genus of frogs under family Hemiphractidae. They are found in Colombia and Venezuela.[1] They are commonly called backpack frogs,[1] as the females have the habit of carrying their clutch on their backs until the young hatch; this behaviour also occurs in the related hemiphractid genera Hemiphractus and Stefania.[2]
Species
There are six species in the genus Cryptobatrachus:[1]
- Cryptobatrachus boulengeri Ruthven, 1916
- Cryptobatrachus conditus Lynch, 2008
- Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni (Peracca, 1914)
- Cryptobatrachus pedroruizi Lynch, 2008
- Cryptobatrachus remotus Infante-Rivero, Rojas-Runjaic, and Barrio-Amorós, 2009
- Cryptobatrachus ruthveni Lynch, 2008
References
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Cryptobatrachus Ruthven, 1916". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Means, D. Bruce; William E. Duellman; Valerie C. Clark (2008). "Ovipositing behavior in the egg-brooding frog Stefania ayangannae (Anura, Hemiphractidae)". Phyllomedusa. 7 (2): 143–148. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v7i2p143-148.