Pleurodema

Pleurodema brachyops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Leptodactylidae
Subfamilia: Leiuperinae
Genus: Pleurodema
Species (15): P. alium – P. bibroni – P. borellii – P. brachyops – P. bufoninum – P. cinereum – P. cordobae – P. diplolister – P. guayapae – P. kriegi – P. marmoratum – P. nebulosum – P. somuncurense – P. thaul – P. tucumanum

Name

Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838: 47

• Type species: Pleurodema bibroni Tschudi, 1838, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Leiuperus Duméril & Bibron, 1841
• Chianopelas Tschudi, 1845
• Iliobates Steindachner, 1867
• Lystris Cope, 1869
• Lihyperus — O'Shaughnessy, 1875
• Peralaimos Jiménez de la Espada, 1875
• Somuncuria Lynch, 1978

References

Primary references

• Tschudi, J. J. von. 1838. Classification der Batrachier mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien. Petitpierre: Neuchâtel. 99 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Maciel, D.B. & Nunes, I. 2010. A new species of four-eyed frog genus Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Leiuperidae) from the rock meadows of Espinhaço range, Brazil. Zootaxa 2640: 53–61. Preview
• Faivovich, J., Basso, N.G., Haddad, C.F.B., Rodrigues, M.T., Wheeler, W.C., Lavilla, E.O., & Ferraro, D.P. 2012. A phylogenetic analysis of Pleurodema (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leiuperinae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, with comments on the evolution of anuran foam nests. Cladistics 28(5): 460–482. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00406.x Reference page. 
• Otero, M.A. et al. 2013: Erythrocyte nuclear size as a better diagnostic character than cell size in the identification of live cryptic polyploid species. Zootaxa 3694(3): 262–270. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.3.6 Reference page. 
• Ferraro, D.P. 2022. Combined phylogenetic analysis of Pleurodema (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leiuperinae). Cladistics 38(3): 301–319. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12497 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Four-eyed Frogs