Leiuperidae
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
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