| Flectonotus | |
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| Flectonotus pygmaeus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Flectonotus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Nototrema pygmaeum Boettger, 1893
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| Species | |
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2 species (see text) | |
Flectonotus is a genus of frogs of the family Hemiphractidae.12 They are found on the Andes of northeastern Colombia and adjacent Venezuela as well as in Trinidad and Tobago.13
Taxonomy
The genus has been considered to include Fritziana, but the latter genus was recognized again in 2011.13 The former Flectonotus consisted of two geographically disjunctive components, one from northern South America (=Flectonotus, as understood today) and the other from southeastern Brazil (now Fritziana).3 The distinctiveness of these taxa is now well established and based on both molecular, behavioural, and morphological characters.13
Species
There are two Flectonotus species:12
- Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1934)
- Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893)
References
References
- Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Flectonotus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- "Hemiphractidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- Duellman, William E.; Jungfer, Karl-Heinz; Blackburn, David C. (2011). "The phylogenetic relationship of geographically separated "Flectonotus" (Anura: Hemiphractidae), as revealed by molecular, behavioral, and morphological data". Phyllomedusa. 10 (1): 15–29. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v10i1p15-29.