Elachistocleis

Elachistocleis ovalis

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: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Gastrophryninae
Genus: Elachistocleis
Species (19): E. araios – E. bicolor – E. bumbameuboi – E. carvalhoi – E. cesarii – E. corumbaensis – E. erythrogaster – E. haroi – E. helianneae – E. magna – E. matogrosso – E. muiraquitan – E. ovalis – E. panamensis – E. pearsei – E. piauiensis – E. skotogaster – E. surinamensis – E. surumu

Name

Elachistocleis Parker, 1927: 4

• Type species: Rana ovalis Schneider, 1799, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Engystoma Fitzinger, 1826: 39
  • Type species: Rana ovalis Schneider, 1799, by subsequent designation of Duméril & Bibron (1841: 740)]
• Microps Wagler, 1828: 744 [preoccupied by Microps Megerle, 1823]
  • Type species: Microps unicolor Wagler, 1828, by monotypy.
• Stenocephalus Tschudi, 1838: 86 [preoccupied by Stenocephalus Latreille, 1825]
  • Type species: Stenocephalus microps Tschudi, 1838, by monotypy.
• Relictivomer Carvalho, 1954: 13 [synonymized by Sá et al. (2012: 12)]
  • Type species: Hypopachus pearsei Ruthven, 1914, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Parker, H.W. 1927. The brevicipitid frogs allied to the genus Hypopachus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 187: 1–6.

Additional references

• Toledo, L.F., Loebmann, D. & Haddad, C.F.B. 2010. Revalidation and redescription of Elachistocleis cesarii (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) (Anura: Microhylidae). Zootaxa 2418: 50–60. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2418.1.2 Reference page. 
• Nunes-de-Almeida, C.H.L. & Toledo, L.F. 2012. A new species of Elachistocleis Parker (Anura, Microhylidae) from the State of Acre, northern Brazil. Zootaxa 3424: 43–50. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3424.1.2 Reference page. 
• Pereyra, L.C., Akmentis, M.S., Laufer, G. & Vaira, M. 2013. A new species of Elachistocleis (Anura: Microhylidae) from north-western Argentina. Zootaxa 3694(6): 525–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.6.2 Reference page. 
• Peloso, P.L.V., McDiarmid, R.W. & Caramaschi, U. 2013. The gender of “cleis”: correct spelling of Chiasmocleis supercilialbus Morales and McDiarmid, 2009, and Elachistocleis magnus Toledo, 2010 (Anura, Microhylidae). Zootaxa 3718(3): 297–298. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.7 Reference page. 
• Laufer, G., Pereyra, L.C., Akmentis, M.S. & Borteiro, C. 2013. A comment on the oral dermal flaps of Elachistocleis Parker, 1927 (Anura: Microhylidae) larvae. Zootaxa 3710(5): 498–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.7 Reference page. 
• Marinho, P., de Carvalho, T.R., Bang, D.L., Teixeira, B.F.D.V., Azarak, P.A., Costa-Campos, C.E. & Giaretta, A.A. 2018. Advertisement calls, intraspecific variation and species diagnosis of six Brazilian species of Elachistocleis (Anura: Microhylidae: Gastrophryninae). Zootaxa 4521(3): 357–375. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.3 Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Peloso, P.L.V., Urgilés, V.L., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Sagredo, Y., Páez, N., Ron, S. 2020. Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new trans-Andean species of Elachistocleis Parker 1927 (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Zootaxa 4779(3): 323–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Elachistocleis access date 17 June 2008

Vernacular names

English: Oval Frogs