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Ischnocnema

Ischnocnema
Ischnocnema izecksohni.jpg
Ischnocnema izecksohni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Brachycephalidae
Genus: Ischnocnema
Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862
Type species
Leiuperus verrucosus
Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862
Diversity
33 species (see text)

Ischnocnema is a genus of frogs from east Brazil and northeast Argentina. They comprise the former Eleutherodactylus from this region, but they are closer to Brachycephalus than the "true" Eleutherodactylus. Consequently, they are now placed in their own genus Ischnocnema in the family Brachycephalidae.

There are 33 species:



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