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The southern frogs form the Leptodactylidae, a name that comes from Greek meaning a bird or other animal having slender toes.They are a diverse family of frogs that most likely diverged from other hyloids during the Cretaceous. [1]
Warty frog species tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal, not from taxonomy or evolutionary history. An adult frog has a stout body, protruding eyes, anteriorly-attached tongue, limbs folded underneath, and no tail (the tail of tailed frogs is an extension of the male cloaca
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Caligophryne is a genus of frog in the superfamily Hyloidea, clade Brachycephaloidea. It contains the single species C. doylei and is the only member of the family Caligophrynidae. It is endemic to the highest parts of the Cerro de la Neblina tepui on the border of Brazil and Venezuela. [1] [2]
Paedophryne amauensis, also known as the New Guinea Amau frog, is a species of microhylid frog endemic to eastern Papua New Guinea. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] At 7.7 mm (0.30 in) in snout-to-vent length , it was once considered the world's smallest known vertebrate .
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Hyalinobatrachium fragile is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is endemic to the Venezuelan Coastal Range. [2] In Spanish it is known as ranita de cristal fragil. [1] Its natural habitats are montane forests, where it occurs along streams. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture and logging as well as landslides. [1]
Pearson's tree frog is a small tree frog growing up to 45 mm in length. Its dorsal surface can range from completely light green, to a mixture of green and brown, or mostly brown in colour. Usually, black dots are scattered over the dorsal surface, but in some specimens, these dots may not occur. The belly is white or off white.