Chiasmocleis

Chiasmocleis is a genus of microhylid frogs.[1][2] They are found in tropical South America (north and east of the Andes) as well as in southern Central America, in Panama. Their common name is humming frogs.[1]

Chiasmocleis
Chiasmocleis albopunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Gastrophryninae
Genus: Chiasmocleis
Méhelÿ, 1904
Type species
Engystoma albopunctatum
Boettger, 1885
Species

See text.

The genus, as defined earlier, was found to be polyphyletic. To remedy this, some species have been transferred to Elachistocleis and Syncope.[3][1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Chiasmocleis:[1]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Chiasmocleis Méhely, 1904". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. "Chiasmocleis Méhely, 1904". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. De Sá, R. O.; Streicher, J. W.; Sekonyela, R.; Forlani, M. C.; Loader, S. P.; Greenbaum, E.; Richards, S.; Haddad, C. L. F. B. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) with emphasis on relationships among New World genera". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12: 241. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-241. PMC 3561245. PMID 23228209.


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