Alsodes

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Alsodes
Alsodes verrucosus
Classificazione scientifica
DominioEukaryota
RegnoAnimalia
SottoregnoEumetazoa
SuperphylumDeuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
InfraphylumGnathostomata
SuperclasseTetrapoda
ClasseAmphibia
SottoclasseLissamphibia
OrdineAnura
FamigliaAlsodidae
GenereAlsodes
Bell, 1843
Serie tipo
Alsodes monticola
Bell, 1843
Sinonimi

Hammatodactylus
Fitzinger, 1843
Cacotus
Günther, 1869 "1868"
Telmalsodes
Diaz, 1989

Specie
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Alsodes Bell, 1843 è un genere di anfibi anuri appartenente alla famiglia Alsodidae,[1] presente in Cile e Argentina.[2]

Descrizione

Caratteristica di questo genere è che durante la stagione riproduttiva, i maschi adulti hanno strutture spinose sulle dita e chiazze spinose e arrotondate sul petto.[3] La riproduzione si svolge in correnti di elevata intensità, e i girini hanno uno sviluppo lento, incluso lo svernamento sotto la copertura di ghiaccio.[4]

Distribuzione e habitat

La famiglia è presente in Cile e Argentina. Si tratta del genere più ricco in specie della Patagonia.[5]

Tassonomia

Comprende 19 specie:[1]

Note

  1. ^ a b (EN) Frost D.R. et al., Alsodes Bell, 1843, in Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2, New York, American Museum of Natural History, 2023. URL consultato il 23 agosto 2017.
  2. ^ Bell, 1843 : The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the Years 1832 to 1836, vol. 5, p. 1-51
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 491.
  5. ^ 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.

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