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

Etymology

The name means 'slender finger', from leptos ('thin, delicate') and the Greek daktylos (δάκτυλος, 'finger, toe').

Taxonomy

The genus Leptodactylus's sister taxon is the genus Hydrolaetare.

The genus is composed of four species groups. However, three species have not been assigned to a species group (L. hylodes, L. lauramiriamae, L. ochraceus).

Species GroupSpecies includedImage
Leptodactylus fuscus groupL. apepyta, L. barrioi, L. albilabris, L. bufonius, L. caatingae, L. camaquara, L. cunicularius, L. cupreus, L. didymus, L. elenae, L. fragilis, L. furnarius, L. fuscus, L. gracilis, L. jolyi, L. kilombo, L. labrosus, L. laticeps, L. latinasus, L. longirostris, L. marambaiae, L. mystaceus, L. mystacinus, L. notoaktites, L. oreomantis, L. plaumanni, L. poecilochilus, L. sertanejo, L. spixi, L. syphax, L. tapiti, L. troglodytes, L. ventrimaculatus, L. watuL. fuscus (whistling grass frog)
Leptodactylus melanonotus groupL. brevipes, L. colombiensis, L. discodactylus, L. diedrus, L. fremitus, L. grisegularis, L. intermedius, L. leptodactyloides, L. magistris, L. melanonotus, L. natalensis, L. nesiotus, L. pascoensis, L. petersii, L. podicipinus, L. pustulatus, L. riveroi, L. sabanensis, L. validus, L. wagneriL. melanonotus (Sabinal frog)
Leptodactylus latrans groupL. bolivianus, L. guianensis, L. insularum, L. latrans, L. luctator, L. macrosternum, L. paranaru, L. payaya, L. silvanimbus, L. viridisL. latrans (butter frog)
Leptodactylus pentadactylus groupL. fallax, L. flavopictus, L. knudseni, L. labyrinthicus, L. laticeps, L. lithonaetes, L. myersi, L. paraensis, L. pentadactylus, L. peritoaktites, L. rhodomerus, L. rhodomystax, L. rhodonotus, L. rugosus, L. savagei, L. stenodema, L. turimiquensis, L. vastusL. pentadactylus (smoky jungle frog)

Species

Leptodactylus apepyta
Leptodactylus furnarius
Leptodactylus gracilis
Leptodactylus laticeps
Leptodactylus longirostris
Leptodactylus mystaceus
Leptodactylus mystacinus
Smoky jungle frog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Leptodactylus rhodomystax
Leptodactylus rhodonotus

There are 84 species in this genus:

Footnotes

  • Heyer, W. Ronald & Crombie, Ronald I. (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

External links

  • Data related to Leptodactylus at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Leptodactylus at Wikimedia Commons