''Physalaemus'' is a large genus of leptodactylid

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

s. These frogs, sometimes known as dwarf frogs or foam frogs, are found in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

. It is very similar to ''

Leptodactylus ''Leptodactylus'' is a genus of leptodactylid frogs. It includes the species commonly called ditch frogs or white-lipped frogs. It is very similar to ''Physalaemus'', a close relative, and indeed the recently described ''Leptodactylus lauramiria ...

'', a close relative, and indeed the recently rescribed ''

Leptodactylus lauramiriamae ''Leptodactylus'' is a genus of leptodactylid frogs. It includes the species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as ...

'' is in some aspects intermediate between them. (2005): ''Leptodactylus lauramiriamae'', a distinctive new species of frog (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Rondônia, Brazil. ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'' 118(3): 590–595. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118 90:LLADNS.0.CO;
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Species

There are 50 or 49 species (AmphibiaWeb lists ''

Physalaemus nattereri ''Physalaemus nattereri'' (common name: Cuyaba dwarf frog) is a frog native to central and southeastern Brazil and eastern Bolivia and Paraguay. Description It has two "false eyes" on its rear. The 3–4 cm frog lifts its rear end when thre ...

'' as ''Eupemphix nattereri ''):

References

Leptodactylidae Amphibians of South America Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger Amphibian genera {{Leptodactylidae-stub