Eleutherodactylinae

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Eleutherodactylinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Lissamphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Superfamily: Hyloidea
Family: Leptodactylidae
Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae
Lutz, 1954
Genera

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The 801 described members of subfamily Eleutherodactylinae make up 27% of all neotropical frog species, most of which are grouped in the genus Eleutherodactylus.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Heinicke, M.P., W.E. Duellman & S.B. Hedges (2007). "Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal". Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 104 (24): 10092–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.0611051104.