Pseudis

Pseudis paradoxa

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: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Pseudinae
Genus: Pseudis
Species (7): P. bolbodactyla – P. cardosoi – P. fusca – P. minuta – P. paradoxa – P. platensis – P. tocantins

Name

• Pseudis Wagler, 1830: 203

Type species: Rana paradoxa Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Pseudes — Leunis, 1860: 148 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Podonectes Steindachner, 1864: 262

Type species: Podonectes palmatus Fitzinger, 1864, by monotypy

• Batrachychthys Pizarro, 1876: 34

Type species: Not designated.

• Batrachychthis Pizarro, 1876: 31
• Batrachichthys — Boulenger, 1882: 185 [incorrect subsequent spelling]

References

Primary references

• Wagler, J. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vogel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J. G. Cotta: München, Stuttgart and Tübingen.

Additional references

• Garda, A.A., Santana, D.J. & São Pedro, V.de A. 2010. Taxonomic characterization of paradoxical frogs (Anura, Hylidae, Pseudae): geographic distribution, external morphology, and morphometry. Zootaxa 2666: 1–28. Preview.

Links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at https://web.archive.org/web/20071024033938/http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Pseudis access date=2008-04-14

Vernacular names

English: Swimming Frogs

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