Cryptobatrachus Ruthven, 1916
Cryptobatrachus Ruthven, 1916, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 33: 1. Type species: Cryptobatrachus boulengeri Ruthven, 1916, by original designation.
English Names
Backpack Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 52).
Distribution
Northern Andes and Sierra Santa Marta, Colombia, and Serranía de Perija in Venezuela (see comment).
Comment
For an account see Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 155-162. Lynch, 2008, Zootaxa, 1883: 26-68, provided a revision.
Contained taxa
- Cryptobatrachus boulengeri Ruthven, 1916
- Cryptobatrachus conditus Lynch, 2008
- Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni (Peracca, 1914)
- Cryptobatrachus pedroruizi Lynch, 2008
- Cryptobatrachus remotus Infante-Rivero, Rojas-Runjaic, and Barrio-Amorós, 2009
- Cryptobatrachus ruthveni Lynch, 2008
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