Megaelosia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylodidae
Genus: Megaelosia
Species (1): M. goeldii

Name

Megaelosia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923: 819

• Type species: Megaelosia bufonia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Miranda-Ribeiro, A. de 1923. Elosia Tsch. e os generos correlatos. Revista do Museu Paulista 13: 813–821.

Additional references

• Giaretta, A.A., Bokermann, W.C.A. & Haddad, C.F.B. 1993. A Review of the Genus Megaelosia (Anura: Leptodactylidae) with a Description of a New Species. Journal of Herpetology 27(3): 276–285. DOI: 10.2307/1565148 Reference page. 
• Vittorazzi, S.E., Augusto-Alves, G., Neves-da-Silva, D., Carvalho-e-Silva, A.M.P.T., Recco-Pimentel, S,M., Toledo, L.F., Lourenço, L.B. & Bruschi, D.P. 2021. Paraphyly in the giant torrent-frogs (Anura: Hylodidae: Megaelosia) and the description of a new genus. Salamandra 57: 274–284. PDF Reference page. 
• Sá, F.P. de, Condez, T.H., Lyra, M.L., Haddad, C.F.B. & Malagoli, L.R. 2022. Unveiling the diversity of Giant Neotropical Torrent frogs (Hylodidae): Phylogenetic relationships, morphology, and the description of two new species. Systematics and Biodiversity 20(1): 2039318. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2039318 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Big-tooth Frogs