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Leptodactylinae

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Leptodactylidae

Taxonomy
Leptodactylinae was named by Werner (1896). It is extant.

It was assigned to Leptodactylidae by Sanchiz (1998).

Subtaxa
Entered
by G. Lloyd on 2019-12-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Leptodactylinae Werner
1998Leptodactylinae Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyLeptodactylidae
subfamilyLeptodactylinaeWerner 1896
subfamilyLeptodactylinaeWerner 1896

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Leptodactylinae Werner 1896
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G. Leptodactylus Fitzinger 1826 [White-lipped frogs]
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Leptodactylus mystacinus Burmeister 1861 [Moustached frog]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Entre RĂ­os) Leptodactylus sp. (235747)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Leptodactylus sp. (154237 198863)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Leptodactylus labialis (71264)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Leptodactylus ocellatus (70705)