Craugastor Explained

Craugastor is a large genus of frogs in the family Craugastoridae^{[1] [2]} with 126 species.Its scientific names means brittle-belly, from the Ancient Greek (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:κραῦρος|κραῦρος]], brittle, dry) and (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: γαστήρ, belly, stomach).^[3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Craugastor:^[4]

Notes and References

1. 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 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100610104006/http://evo.bio.psu.edu/hedgeslab/Publications/PDF-files/196.pdf . 2010-06-10 .
2. Web site: Craugastoridae. in: AmphibiaWeb - Information on Amphibian Biology and Conservation . 2010-07-13 . University of California, Berkeley, CA . https://web.archive.org/web/20101025100608/http://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Craugastoridae.shtml . 2010-10-25 . dead .
3. Book: Dodd, C. Kenneth. Frogs of the United States and Canada. 1. 2013. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 978-1-4214-0633-6. 20.
4. Web site: Craugastor Cope, 1862 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 16 February 2015.