The Leptodactylidae (commonly known as the southern frogs) are a diverse family of frogs that probably diverged from other hyloids during the Cenozoic era, or possibly at the end of the Mesozoic. Of the roughly 50 genera, one, Eleutherodactylus, is the largest vertebrate genus, with over 700 species. In total, the approximately 1100 leptodactylid ...
family of frogs (order Anura), including more than 900 species, most of which are found in South and Central America. Leptodactylid frogs live in ... [1 related articles]
[n] - New World frogs
family Leptodactylidae noun New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae