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Leptodactylus (White-lipped frogs)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Leptodactylidae

Taxonomy
Leptodactylus was named by Fitzinger (1826). It is extant.

It was assigned to Leptodactylidae by Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Leptodactylinae by Sanchiz (1998).

Species
L. mystacinus
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. ocellatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Leptodactylus Fitzinger
1988Leptodactylus Carroll
1996Leptodactylus Frank and Ramus
1998Leptodactylus Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyLeptodactylidae
subfamilyLeptodactylinaeWerner 1896
genusLeptodactylusFitzinger 1826

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.

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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Montehermosan to the top of the Holocene or 5.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.8 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
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)