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Rhinoderma Duméril and Bibron, 1841

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhinodermatidae > Genus: Rhinoderma

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Rhinoderma Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 659. Type species: Rhinoderma darwinii Duméril and Bibron, 1841, by monotypy.

Heminectes Philippi, 1902, Supl. Batr. Chil. Descr. Hist. Fis. Polit. Chile: 8. Type species: Heminectes rufus Philippi, 1902, by monotypy. Synonymy by Formas, Pugin, and Jorquera, 1975, Physis, Buenos Aires, 34: 148.

English Names

Darwin's Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 114).

Mouth-breeding Frogs (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 135).

Distribution

Temperate forests of southern Chile and adjacent Argentina.

Comment

Contained taxa

  • Rhinoderma darwinii Duméril and Bibron, 1841
  • Rhinoderma rufum (Philippi, 1902)

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