Alsodes
Alsodes is a group of alsodid frogs. They live in Chile and Argentina.[1] It has the most species of any group of frogs in Patagonia.[2] Common name spiny-chest frogs has been coined for them.[3]
| Alsodes | |
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| Alsodes verrucosus from Volcan Calbuco in southern Chile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | [[Template:Taxonomy/Alsodidae]] |
| Genus: | Alsodes Bell, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Alsodes monticola Bell, 1843
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| Species | |
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19, see text. | |
Bodies
When it is time to lay eggs, the adult male frogs grow thorny structures on the toes of their front feet and rounded spiny patches on their chests.[4] The frogs lay eggs in streams high in the hills. The tadpoles grow slowly. They spend the winter under the ice.[5]
Species
There are 19 species in the genus:[1][6]
- Alsodes australis Formas, Úbeda, Cuevas & Nuñez, 1997
- Alsodes barrioi Veloso, Diaz, Iturra & Penna, 1981
- Alsodes cantillanensis Charrier, Correa-Quezada, Castro, and Méndez-Torres, 2015
- Alsodes coppingeri (Günther, 1881)
- Alsodes gargola Gallardo, 1970
- Alsodes hugoi Cuevas & Formas, 2001
- Alsodes igneus Cuevas & Formas, 2005
- Alsodes kaweshkari Formas, Cuevas & Nuñez, 1998
- Alsodes montanus (Lataste in Philippi, 1902)
- Alsodes monticola Bell, 1843
- Alsodes neuquensis Cei, 1976
- Alsodes nodosus (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
- Alsodes norae Cuevas, 2008
- Alsodes pehuenche Cei, 1976
- Alsodes tumultuosus Veloso, Iturra & Galleguillos, 1979
- Alsodes valdiviensis Formas, Cuevas & Brieva, 2002
- Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974)
- Alsodes verrucosus (Philippi, 1902)
- Alsodes vittatus (Philippi, 1902)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R.. 'Alsodes Bell, 1843. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (2016)American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ↑ Blotto, B. L.. Phylogenetic relationships of a Patagonian frog radiation, the Alsodes + Eupsophus clade (Anura: Alsodidae), with comments on the supposed paraphyly of Eupsophus'. Cladistics 29 (2) (2013). p. 113–131. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00417.x.
- ↑ Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70
- ↑ Cuevas, C. C.. A new frog of the genus Alsodes (Leptodactylidae) from the Tolhuaca National Park, Andes Range, southern Chile. Amphibia-Reptilia 26 (2005). p. 39–48. doi:10.1163/1568538053693288.
- ↑ Vitt, Laurie J.. Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (2014)Academic Press. p. 491.
- ↑ Alsodidae. AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] (2016)Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved 25 April 2016.