Pleurodema
| Pleurodema | |
|---|---|
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| Pleurodema brachyops | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Genus: | Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurodema bibroni Tschudi, 1838 | |
| Species | |
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15, see the text. | |
Pleurodema is a group of frogs in the family Leptodactylidae. These frogs live in South America. People sometimes call them four-eyed frogs in English.[1][2]
When the frog is frightened, it lowers its head and raises its rear end. This points the frog's poison glands at whatever has scared it. Sometimes the animal that wants to eat the frog may think the frog's raised rear end is the head of a larger animal.[3]
Species
[change | change source]The group has the following 15 species:[1]
- Pleurodema alium Maciel & Nunes, 2010
- Pleurodema bibroni Tschudi, 1838
- Pleurodema borellii (Peracca, 1895)
- Pleurodema brachyops (Cope, 1869)
- Pleurodema bufoninum Bell, 1843
- Pleurodema cinereum Cope, 1878
- Pleurodema cordobae Valetti, Salas & Martino, 2009
- Pleurodema diplolister (W. Peters, 1870)
- Pleurodema guayapae Barrio, 1964
- Pleurodema kriegi (L. Müller, 1926)
- Pleurodema marmoratum (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
- Pleurodema nebulosum (Burmeister, 1861)
- Pleurodema somuncurense (Cei, 1969)
- Pleurodema thaul (Lesson, 1827)
- Pleurodema tucumanum H. Parker, 1927
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ↑ "Species profile: four-eyed frog". Conservacion Patagonic. 2012-11-16. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ Duellman, William E. (1994). Biology of Amphibians. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 670. ISBN 9780801847806.
