Marsupial frogs | |
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Gastrotheca excubitor | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
Family: |
Amphignathodontidae Boulenger, 1882 |
Genera | |
The marsupial frogs are a disputed family (Amphignathodontidae) in the order Anura. If it is treated as a separate family, it consists of two genera, Gastrotheca, and Flectonotus. The frogs are native to Neotropical America (Central and South America). Under the dominant view, they are treated as part of the family of Hemiphractidae.