Alsodes

Alsodes pehuenche

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Alsodidae
Genus: Alsodes
Species (19): A. australis – A. barrioi – A. cantillanensis – A. coppingeri – A. gargola – A. hugoi – A. igneus – A. kaweshkari – A. montanus – A. monticola – A. neuquensis – A. nodosus – A. norae – A. pehuenche – A. tumultuosus – A. valdiviensis – A. vanzolinii – A. verrucosus – A. vittatus

Name

Alsodes Bell, 1843: 41

• Type species: Alsodes monticola Bell, 1843, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Hammatodactylus Fitzinger, 1843: 32
  • Type species: Cystignathus nodosus Duméril & Bibron, 1841, by original designation.
• Metaeus Girard, 1853: 424
  • Type species: Metaeus timidus Girard, 1853, by monotypy.
• Eusophus Cope, 1865: 113 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Eusophus Fitzinger, 1843]
  • Type species: Cystignathus nodosus Duméril & Bibron, 1841, by original designation.
• Cacotus Günther, 1869: 482
  • Type species: Cacotus maculatus Günther, 1869, by monotypy.
• Telmalsodes Díaz, 1989: 32
  • Type species: Telmatobius montanus Lataste, 1902, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Bell, T. 1843. Reptiles. pp. 1–51 in Darwin, C. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., During the Years 1832 to 1836. Volume 5. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Charrier, A., Correa, C., Castro, C. & Méndez, M.A. 2015. A new species of Alsodes (Anura: Alsodidae) from Altos de Cantillana, central Chile. Zootaxa 3915(4): 540–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.5 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Spiny-chest Frogs