Lysapsus

Lysapsus is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in South America east of the Andes. Their common name is harlequin frogs.[1]

Lysapsus
Lysapsus limellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Pseudinae
Genus: Lysapsus
Cope, 1862
Type species
Lysapsus limellum
Cope, 1862
Diversity
4 species (see text)

Species

There are four species:[1][2]

The status of Lysapsus bolivianus is unclear; it might be a subspecies of Lysapsus limellum.[3]

gollark: Stop beeing the apiaries, Lyricly.
gollark: ++magic py await ctx.guild.get_member(509849474647064576).edit(nick="LyricLy (quaternionic)")
gollark: ++magic py ctx.guild.get_member(509849474647064576).edit
gollark: ++magic py bot.self
gollark: ++magic py bot.member

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Lysapsus Cope, 1862". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Lysapsus bolivianus (Gallardo, 1961)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 June 2015.


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