The Cycloramphidae are a family of
frogs
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endemic
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to southeastern Brazil.
[ This family has seen large changes in its composition.] Genera that have at some point been included in the Cycloramphidae are at present placed in the Alsodidae, Hylodidae, Leptodactylidae
The southern frogs form the Leptodactylidae, a name that comes from Greek meaning a bird or other animal having slender toes. They are a diverse family of frogs that most likely diverged from other hyloids during the Cretaceous. The family has u ...
, and Rhinodermatidae
Rhinodermatidae, also known as Darwin's frogs, mouth-breeding frogs or mouth-brooding frogs, is a small family of frogs found in temperate forests of southern Chile and adjacent Argentina.
They are a unique and evolutionary significant group of ...
. Of these, the Alsodidae and/or Hylodidae have also been considered as subfamilies of Cycloramphidae (as, respectively, Alsodinae and Hylodinae); the Cycloramphidae, as recognized at present, would be similar to subfamily Cycloramphinae under such system.[
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Genera
There are 36 species in three genera:[
* '' Cycloramphus'' Tschudi, 1838
* '' Thoropa'' Cope, 1865
* '' Zachaenus'' Cope, 1866
The AmphibiaWeb omits ''Zachaenus'' from this family, considering its placement within Hyloidea as uncertain.][
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References
Amphibian families
Amphibians of South America
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
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