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Leptodactylinae Werner, 1896 (1838)
Cystignathi Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.: 26, 78. Type genus: Cystignathus Wagler, 1830.
Cystignathidae — Günther, 1858, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858: 346.
Plectromantidae Mivart, 1869, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1869: 291. Type genus: Plectromantis Peters, 1862. Synonymy by implication by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 479; Lynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 169.
Cystignathina — Mivart, 1869, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1869: 293.
Adenomeridae Hoffmann, 1878, in Bronn (ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, 6(2): 613. Type genus: Adenomera Steindachner, 1867. Synonymy by implication of synonymy of Adenomera with Leptodactylus by Parker, 1932, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 10: 342.
Leptodactylidae Werner, 1896, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 46: 357. Type genus: Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826.
Cystignathinae — Gadow, 1901, Amphibia and Reptiles: 139.
Leptodactylinae — Metcalf, 1923, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 120: 272; Noble, 1931, Biol. Amph.: 504; Laurent, 1980 "1979", Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 104: 418. : 5.
Leptodactylydae — Lutz, 1954, Mem. Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 52: 172.
Leptodactyloidea — Reig, 1972, in Blair (ed.), Evol. Genus Bufo: 29.
Adenomerini — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 199. Tribe.
Leptodactylini — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 200. Tribe.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Extreme southern Texas (USA), Sonora (Mexico), and northern Antilles, south to Brazil.
Geographics occurrence
Natural resident: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, United States of America - Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.
Comment
Subfamily reformulated by Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 543-583, as the sister taxon of Leiuperinae + Paratelmatobiinae.
Contained taxa (117 sp.):
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