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Lysapsus

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Lysapsus is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in South America east of the Andes. Their common name is harlequin frogs.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderAnura
  5. FamilyHylidae
Observations recorded10,976

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
655
With media
3
Family
Hylidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MCZ, LSUMZ, CM
Recorded in
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pseudinae
Image
Lysapsus limellum.jpg
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Commons category
Pseudis
taxon name
Lysapsus
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Lysapsus is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in South America east of the Andes. Their common name is harlequin frogs.

Many frogs in Lysapsus have a paradoxical life cycle. They are most massive when they are older tadpoles and slightly smaller when they are adult frogs.

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