Alsodes

Alsodes

Alsodes
Alsodes verrucosus from Volcan Calbuco in southern Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Alsodidae
Genus: Alsodes
Bell, 1843
Type species
Alsodes monticola
Bell, 1843
Species

19, see text.

Alsodes is a group of alsodid frogs. They live in Chile and Argentina.[1] It has the most species of any group of frogs in Patagonia.[2] Common name spiny-chest frogs has been coined for them.[3]

Bodies

When it is time to lay eggs, the adult male frogs grow thorny structures on the toes of their front feet and rounded spiny patches on their chests.[4] The frogs lay eggs in streams high in the hills. The tadpoles grow slowly. They spend the winter under the ice.[5]

Species

There are 19 species in the genus:[1][6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Alsodes Bell, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Blotto, B. L.; Nuñez, J. J.; Basso, N. S. G.; Úbeda, C. A.; Wheeler, W. C.; Faivovich, J. N. (2013). "Phylogenetic relationships of a Patagonian frog radiation, the Alsodes + Eupsophus clade (Anura: Alsodidae), with comments on the supposed paraphyly of Eupsophus". Cladistics. 29 (2): 113–131. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00417.x. hdl:11336/5605. S2CID 86232931.
  3. ↑ Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70
  4. ↑ Cuevas, C. C.; Formas, J. R. (2005). "A new frog of the genus Alsodes (Leptodactylidae) from the Tolhuaca National Park, Andes Range, southern Chile". Amphibia-Reptilia. 26: 39–48. doi:10.1163/1568538053693288.
  5. ↑ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 491.
  6. ↑ "Alsodidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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