Barycholos Explained

Barycholos, common name Chimbo frogs, is a genus of small frogs in the family Strabomantidae found in south-eastern Brazil and tropical lowland Ecuador.[1] [2] The name Barycholos, from the Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: βαρύχολος ("savage"), is in honor of herpetologist Jay M. Savage.[3]

Species

There are two species:[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barycholos Heyer, 1969 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 26 April 2014.
  2. Hedges, S. B. . Duellman, W. E. . Heinicke, M. P. . amp. 2008 . New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation . Zootaxa . 1737 . 1–182 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1 .
  3. Heyer. W. Ronald. 1969. Studies on the genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae) III. A redefinition of the genus Leptodactylus and a description of a new genus of leptodactylid frogs. Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 155. 1–14. 2016-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160629121447/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS155.pdf. 2016-06-29. dead.

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