Marsupial frogs | |
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Gastrotheca excubitor | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
Family: |
Amphignathodontidae Boulenger, 1882 |
Genera | |
The marsupial frogs are a disputed family (Amphignathodontidae) in the order Anura. [1] When treated as a separate family, it consists of two genera, Gastrotheca and Flectonotus. [2] The frogs are native to Neotropical America ( Central and South America). Under the dominant view, they are treated as part of the family of Hemiphractidae. [1] [3] [4]
Marsupial frogs | |
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Gastrotheca excubitor | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
Family: |
Amphignathodontidae Boulenger, 1882 |
Genera | |
The marsupial frogs are a disputed family (Amphignathodontidae) in the order Anura. [1] When treated as a separate family, it consists of two genera, Gastrotheca and Flectonotus. [2] The frogs are native to Neotropical America ( Central and South America). Under the dominant view, they are treated as part of the family of Hemiphractidae. [1] [3] [4]