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Physalaemus cuvieri

Physalaemus cuvieri (*)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura

Familia: Leptodactylidae
Subfamilia: Leiuperinae
Genus: Physalaemus
Species: Physalaemus cuvieri
Name

Physalaemus cuvieri Fitzinger, 1826

Type locality: "America, Brasilia".

Holotype: NHMW ?
Synonyms

Physalaemus cuvieri Fitzinger, 1826
Physolaemus cuvieri — Jan, 1857
Gomphobates notatus Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862
Paludicola notata — Peters, 1872
Paludicola neglecta Ahl, 1927
Physalaemus neglecta — Milstead, 1963
Physalaemus neglectus — Cochran & Goin, 1970
Physalaemus neglectus neglectus — Cochran & Goin, 1970

References

Fitzinger, 1826, Neue Class. Rept.: 39,65.
Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 480.
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Physalaemus cuvieri . Accessed on 04 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Physalaemus cuvieri (Least Concern) Downloaded on 04 June 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Barker Frog
português: Rã-cachorro


Physalaemus cuvieri is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and possibly also Bolivia, Guyana, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References

Abraham Mijares, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Diego Baldo (2010). "Physalaemus cuvieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T57250A11609155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T57250A11609155.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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