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Pseudopaludicola
Sign in to savePseudopaludicola is a genus of leptodactylid frogs from lowland northern and central South America. They are known under the common name dwarf swamp frogs or swamp frogs.
Species
Hensel's Swamp Frog
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyLeptodactylidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 746
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Leptodactylidae
- Collections
- UNICAMP, CAS
- Recorded in
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
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Pseudopaludicola is a genus of leptodactylid frogs from lowland northern and central South America. They are known under the common name dwarf swamp frogs or swamp frogs.
==Systematics== Pseudopaludicola are small frogs, growing maximally to in snout–vent length. The synapomorphy defining this genus is the greatly enlarged tubercle on the outer edge of the forearm (i.e., hypertrophied antebrachial tubercle). Genetic analyses have recovered this genus as monophyletic, in accordance with earlier studies using morphological characters. Genetic data suggest four major clades within the genus.
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