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Crossodactylus

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Crossodactylus
An unidentified Crossodactylus species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylodidae
Genus: Crossodactylus
Duméril and Bibron, 1841
Type species
Crossodactylus gaudichaudii
Duméril and Bibron, 1841
Species

14 species (see text)

Crossodactylus is a group of frogs in the family Hylodidae.[1][2] These frogs live in Brazil, southern Paraguay, and northern Argentina. These frogs are sometimes known as Limnocharis, Tarsopterus, Calamobates, and by the English-language name spinythumb frogs.[1][3] They typically inhabit streams in mountainous areas in the Atlantic Forest or in montane savanna.[4]

There are 14 species:[1][2]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Crossodactylus Duméril and Bibron, 1841". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Hylodidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Crossodactylus ". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  4. Pimenta, Bruno V.S.; Caramaschi, Ulisses; Cruz, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves (2015). "Synonymy of Crossodactylus bokermanni Caramaschi & Sazima, 1985 with Crossodactylus trachystomus (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862) and description of a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil (Anura: Hylodidae)". Zootaxa. 3955 (1): 65–82. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3955.1.3. PMID 25947837.