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

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

Physalaemus riograndensis Milstead, 1960

Type locality: "small pond flooded by rains . . . . 4 kilometers southeast of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil".

Holotype: FMNH 82578.
References

Milstead, 1960, Copeia, 1960: 87.
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 riograndensis . Accessed on 04 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Physalaemus riograndensis (Least Concern) Downloaded on 04 June 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Rio Grande Dwarf Frog

Physalaemus riograndensis is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, ponds, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.
References
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Débora Silvano, Norman Scott, Lucy Aquino, Axel Kwet, Diego Baldo, Jose Langone (2004). "Physalaemus riograndensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T57274A11613288. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57274A11613288.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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