Ischnocnema | |
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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 |
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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: