Brachycephaloidea

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Taxonavigation

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
Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea
Familiae (5): Brachycephalidae – Ceuthomantidae – Craugastoridae – Eleutherodactylidae – Strabomantidae
Genera incertae sedis: Atopophrynus – Dischidodactylus – Geobatrachus

Name

Brachycephaloidea Günther, 1858

References

Primary references

Günther, A. 1858. Neue Batrachier in der Sammlung des Britischen Museums. ISSN 0365-6136 24(1): 316–328. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Hedges, S.B., Duellman, W.E. & Heinicke, M.P. 2008. New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation. Zootaxa 1737(1): 1–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1 Reference page.
Padial, J.M.; Grant, T.; Frost, D.R. 2014. Molecular systematics of terraranas (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) with an assessment of the effects of alignment and optimality criteria. Zootaxa 3825(1): 1–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3825.1.1 Reference page.
Heinicke, M.P., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., McGrath, K. & Hedges, S.B. 2018. Phylogenomic support for evolutionary relationships of New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terraranae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 118: 145–155. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.021 Reference page.
Barrientos, L.S., Streicher, J.W., Miller, E.C., Pie, M.R., Wiens, J.J. & Crawford, A.J. 2021. Phylogeny of terraranan frogs based on 2,665 loci and impacts of missing data on phylogenomic analyses. Systematics and Biodiversity 19(7): 818–833. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1933249 Reference page.
Motta, A.P., Taucce, P.P.G., Haddad, C.F.B. & Canedo, C. 2021. A new terraranan genus from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest with comments on the systematics of Brachycephaloidea (Amphibia: Anura). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(3): 663–679. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12452 Reference page.

Links

Frost, D.R. 2021. Brachycephaloidea. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (15 February 2022). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001