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The family Leiuperidae was recently broken out of the family Leptodactylidae (Grant et al. 2006). One of its best-known members is the Túngara Frog (Engystomops pustulosus, formerly known as Physalaemus pustulosus). The Túngara Frog has been extensively studied as a model system for examining the interplay between sexual selection and natural selection (Ryan 1992). Males gather in choruses, calling to females, who choose among the males based on their calls. Females prefer low-frequency calls, but so do the frogs' main predator, the fringe-lipped bat.

Literature cited:
Grant, T., Frost, D. R., Caldwell, J. P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C. F. B., Kok, P. J. R., Means, D. B., Noonan, B. P., Schargel, W. E., and Wheeler, W. C. (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 299, 1-262.
Ryan, M. (1992). The Túngara Frog: A Study in Sexual Selection and Communication. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.


Engystomops pustulosus
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Genus Edalorhina (2 species)
Edalorhina nasuta no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Edalorhina perezi no species account photos no range maps no sounds

Genus Engystomops (8 species)
Engystomops coloradorum no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Engystomops freibergi no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Engystomops guayaco no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Engystomops montubio no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Engystomops petersi no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Engystomops pustulatus no species account photos no range maps sounds
Engystomops pustulosus species account photos no range maps sounds
Engystomops randi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds

Genus Eupemphix (1 species)
Eupemphix nattereri no species account photos no range maps sounds

Genus Physalaemus (45 species)
Physalaemus aguirrei no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus albifrons no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus albonotatus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus angrensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus atlanticus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus barrioi no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus biligonigerus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus bokermanni no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus caete no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus camacan no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus centralis species account photos no range maps sounds
Physalaemus cicada no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus crombiei no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus cuqui no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus cuvieri no species account photos no range maps sounds
Physalaemus deimaticus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus ephippifer no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus erikae no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus erythros no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus evangelistai no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus feioi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus fernandezae no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus fischeri no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus gracilis no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus henselii no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus insperatus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus irroratus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus jordanensis species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus kroyeri no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus lateristriga no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus lisei no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus maculiventris no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus marmoratus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus maximus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus moreirae no species account photos no range maps sounds
Physalaemus nanus no species account photos no range maps sounds
Physalaemus obtectus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus olfersii no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus orophilus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus riograndensis no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus rupestris no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus santafecinus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus signifer no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus soaresi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Physalaemus spiniger no species account photos no range maps no sounds

Genus Pleurodema (14 species)
Pleurodema bibroni no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema borellii no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema brachyops no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema bufoninum no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema cinereum no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema cordobae no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema diplolister species account photos no range maps sounds
Pleurodema fuscomaculatum no species account no photos no range maps sounds
Pleurodema guayapae no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema kriegi no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema marmoratum species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema nebulosum no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema thaul species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pleurodema tucumanum no species account photos no range maps no sounds

Genus Pseudopaludicola (12 species)
Pseudopaludicola boliviana no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola canga no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola ceratophryes no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola falcipes no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola llanera no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola mineira no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola murundu no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola mystacalis no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola pusilla no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola riopiedadensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola saltica no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Pseudopaludicola ternetzi no species account photos no range maps no sounds

Genus Somuncuria (1 species)
Somuncuria somuncurensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds


Citation: AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 2010).

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