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Alsodes
	Alsodes verrucosus from Volcan Calbuco in southern Chile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Alsodidae
Genus:	Alsodes; Bell, 1843
Type species
	Alsodes monticola; Bell, 1843
Species
	19, see text.

Alsodes is a genus of alsodid frogs found in Chile and Argentina.^[1] It is the most species-rich frog genus in Patagonia.^[2] Common name spiny-chest frogs has been coined for them.^[3]

Description

Characteristic for this genus is that during the reproductive season, adult males have thorny structures on the fingers and rounded spiny patches on the chest.^[4] Breeding takes place in high-elevation streams, and tadpoles have slow development, including overwintering under ice cover.^[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

^ ^a ^b Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Alsodes Bell, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ Blotto, B. L.; Nuñez, J. J.; Basso, N. S. G.; Úbeda, C. A.; Wheeler, W. C.; Faivovich, J. N. (2013). "Phylogenetic relationships of a Patagonian frog radiation, the Alsodes + Eupsophus clade (Anura: Alsodidae), with comments on the supposed paraphyly of Eupsophus". Cladistics. 29 (2): 113–131. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00417.x. hdl:11336/5605. S2CID 86232931.
^ Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 70
^ Cuevas, C. C.; Formas, J. R. (2005). "A new frog of the genus Alsodes (Leptodactylidae) from the Tolhuaca National Park, Andes Range, southern Chile". Amphibia-Reptilia. 26: 39–48. doi:10.1163/1568538053693288.
^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 491.
^ "Alsodidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2016.