Leptodactylus
| Leptodactylus | |
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| Leptodactylus albilabris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Leptodactylidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptodactylinae |
| Genus: |
Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 |
| Species | |
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Many—see text |
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Many—see text
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 lauramiriamae is in some aspects intermediate between them. The name means ‘slender finger’, from (‘thin, delicate’) and the Greek dactylos (, ‘finger, toe’).
There are about 75 species in this genus:
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