Craugastor

Craugastor
Craugastor longirostris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Subfamily: Craugastorinae
Genus: Craugastor
Cope, 1862
Type species
Hylodes fitzingeri
Schmidt, 1857
Diversity
See text)
Synonyms
  • Microbatrachylus Taylor, 1940 "1939"
  • Hylactophryne Lynch, 1968
  • Campbellius Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008

Craugastor is a large genus of frogs in the family Craugastoridae with 126 species. Its scientific names means brittle-belly, from the Ancient Greek krauros (κραῦρος, brittle, dry) and gastēr (γαστήρ, belly, stomach).

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