''Hypopachus'' is a genus of microhylid

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...

s (common name: sheep frogs) found in the Americas between Costa Rica and the southern United States. They can bury themselves under the ground or moss. Its name means ‘somewhat thick’, referring to its tough skin.

Species

The five species are: *'' Hypopachus barberi'' – Barber's sheep frog * ''Hypopachus guancasco'' – Lenca sheep frogFirneno, T. J., Jr., M. W. Itgen, J. L. Jacobs, C. X. Mcdaniels, I. R. Luque-Montes, L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2021. ''Integrating phylogenetics, morphology, and osteology to delimit a new species of endemic montane sheep frog (Microhylidae: Hypopachus) from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras. Systematics and Biodiversity'' 19: 186–208 (https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1841325). *'' Hypopachus pictiventris'' *'' Hypopachus ustus'' *'' Hypopachus variolosus'' – sheep frog

References

Frogs of North America Amphibians of Central America Amphibian genera Microhylidae Taxa named by Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein {{Microhylidae-stub