Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Zachaenus Cope, 1866, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 94. Type species: Cystignathus parvulus Girard, 1853, by original designation.

Oocormus Boulenger, 1905, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 7, 16: 182. Type species: Oocormus microps Boulenger, 1905, by monotypy. Synonymy by Lutz, 1944, Bol. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, N.S., Zool., 17: 42.

English Names

Bug-eyed Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 85).

Distribution

Southeastern Brazil.

Comment

Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 543-583, did not include this taxon in their molecular study and regarded its phylogenetic placement as questionable.

Contained taxa

• Zachaenus carvalhoi Izecksohn, 1983
• Zachaenus parvulus (Girard, 1853)

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