Rhinodermatidae
| Rhinodermatidae | |
|---|---|
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| Insuetophrynus acarpicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhinodermatidae Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Genera | |
Rhinodermatidae, called Darwin's frogs, mouth-breeding frogs, and mouth-brooding frogs in English, is a small group of frogs that live in forests in Chile and Argentina.[1]
These frogs are different from other frogs because they are the most basal living frogs in the big group Hyloidea. They became different from other frogs long ago, in the Late Cretaceous. The two genus groups, Rhinoderma and Insuetophrynus, became different from each other during the Paleocene. All three species in the family are now in danger of dying out because of habitat destruction, other animals from far away, and the fungal disease chytridomycosis. The Chile Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma rufum), may already be dead.[2]
Genera
[change | change source]There are two genera, or genuses, in this group:
- Insuetophrynus Barrio, 1970 (1 species)
- Rhinoderma Duméril and Bibron, 1841 (2 species)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Rhinodermatidae Bonaparte, 1850 | Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- ↑ Feng, Yan-Jie; Blackburn, David C.; Liang, Dan; Hillis, David M.; Wake, David B.; Cannatella, David C.; Zhang, Peng (2017-07-18). "Phylogenomics reveals rapid, simultaneous diversification of three major clades of Gondwanan frogs at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (29): E5864 – E5870. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114E5864F. doi:10.1073/pnas.1704632114. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5530686. PMID 28673970.
