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Hylodidae, commonly known as giant Neotropical torrent frogs, is a family of frogs native to Brazil and northern Argentina. Phylogenetic evidence suggests the Hylodidae being the sister group to the Alsodidae.

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Vinony's link graph records 64 inbound references to Hylodidae, and connects out to Brazil, Argentina and Animalia.

Vinony files it under Amphibian families, Hylodidae and Taxa named by Albert Günther.

Vinony links it to 20 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderAnura
  5. FamilyHylodidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded9,623

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
Family
Hylodidae
Collections
UNICAMP
Recorded in
Brazil

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Hylodidae
taxon name
Hylodidae
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Hylodidae, commonly known as giant Neotropical torrent frogs, is a family of frogs native to Brazil and northern Argentina. Phylogenetic evidence suggests the Hylodidae being the sister group to the Alsodidae.

Megaelosia goeldii is one species that lost the ability to produce vocalizations which in turn is denoted as mute. Through observation of aggressive interactions, it was found that the species' vocal sacs are used for one form of its visual signaling and communication.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hylodidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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