Phantasmarana
Phantasmarana is a group of frogs in the family Hylodidae.[1][2] These frogs live in Brazil, in the Atlantic Forest.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylodidae |
| Genus: | Phantasmarana Vittorazzi et al., 2021 |
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These frogs live in fast-flowing rivers. Scientists can't catch them easily. They jump into the water. These frogs have long, fanglike teeth. This might be because they eat small animals with bones as well as insects and other animals without bones. The tadpoles swim in the water. Phantasmarana are large frogs. Adults can be as long as 120 mm (4.7 in) from nose to rear end.[3]
The genus has the name Phantasmarana ("phantom frog") because the wild frogs are so rare and hard to catch. It also has this name because the frogs do not sing or call with their voices. Instead, they make strange noises. Members of Phantasmarana were formerly placed in Megaelosia. Phantasmarana is thought to be the sister genus to Hylodes.[1][4]
Species
changeThere are eight species:[5][6]
- Phantasmarana apuana (Pombal, Prado, and Canedo, 2003)
- Phantasmarana bocainensis (Giaretta, Bokermann, and Haddad, 1993)
- Phantasmarana boticariana (Giaretta and Aguiar, 1998)
- Phantasmarana curucutuensis de Sá, Condez, Lyra, Haddad, and Malagoli, 2022
- Phantasmarana jordanensis (Heyer, 1983)
- Phantasmarana lutzae (Izecksohn and Gouvêa, 1987)
- Phantasmarana massarti (De Witte, 1930)
- Phantasmarana tamuia de Sá, Condez, Lyra, Haddad, and Malagoli, 2022
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Phantasmarana Vittorazzi, Augusto-Alves, Neves-da-Silva, Carvalho-e-Silva, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, Lourenço, and Bruschi, 2021 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ↑ "Hylodidae Günther, 1858 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ↑ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 486.
- ↑ "Paraphyly in the giant torrent-frogs (Anura: Hylodidae: Megaelosia) and the description of a new genus". www.salamandra-journal.com. 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Megaelosia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ "Hylodidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.