Cryptobatrachus

Cryptobatrachus
Cryptobatrachus boulengeri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemiphractidae
Genus: Cryptobatrachus
Ruthven, 1916
Type species
Cryptobatrachus boulengeri
Ruthven, 1916
Species

6 species (see text)

Cryptobatrachus is a genus of frogs in the family Hemiphractidae. They are found in Colombia and Venezuela. They are also known as backpack frogs, as the females have the habit of carrying their egg clutch on their backs until the young hatch; this behavior also occurs in the related hemiphractid genera Hemiphractus and Stefania.

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