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  Hemiphractidae

98 species in 6 genera

The family Hemiphractidae contains direct-developing frogs which bear the developing eggs on the back until they hatch. Frogs of the genera Flectonotus, Gastrotheca, Cryptobatrachus and Stefania are known as "marsupial" frogs since they carry the developing embryos in a dorsal pouch. Only the genus Hemiphractus lacks this dorsal pouch. All members of this family except for Flectonotus pygmaeus have embryos with two pairs of bell-shaped gills, which derive from the first and second branchial arches. Frogs of the genus Hemiphractus have distinct triangle-shaped heads.

This family is found in South and Central America, in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama.


Flectonotus pygmaeus
Photo by Mauricio Rivera Correa
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Genus Cryptobatrachus (7 species)
Cryptobatrachus boulengeri no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Cryptobatrachus conditus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Cryptobatrachus nicefori no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Cryptobatrachus pedroruizi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Cryptobatrachus remotus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Cryptobatrachus ruthveni no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video

Genus Flectonotus (2 species)
Flectonotus fitzgeraldi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Flectonotus pygmaeus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video

Genus Fritziana (3 species)
Fritziana fissilis no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Fritziana goeldii no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Fritziana ohausi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video

Genus Gastrotheca (61 species)
Gastrotheca abdita English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca albolineata no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca andaquiensis English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca angustifrons no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca antomia no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca antoniiochoai English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca argenteovirens no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca atympana no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca aureomaculata no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca bufona no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca carinaceps no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca christiani no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca chrysosticta no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca cornuta English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca dendronastes no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca dunni no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca ernestoi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca espeletia no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca excubitor no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca fissipes no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca flamma no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca fulvorufa no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca galeata no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca gracilis no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca griswoldi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca guentheri no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca helenae no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca lateonota no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca lauzuricae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca litonedis no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca longipes no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca marsupiata no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca microdiscus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca monticola no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca nebulanastes no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca nicefori no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca ochoai no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca orophylax no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca ossilaginis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca ovifera no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca pacchamama English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca pachachacae no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca peruana no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca phalarosa no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca phelloderma no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca piperata no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca plumbea no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca pseustes no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca psychrophila no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca pulchra no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca rebeccae no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca riobambae no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca ruizi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca splendens no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca stictopleura no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca testudinea no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca trachyceps no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca walkeri no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca weinlandii no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Gastrotheca williamsoni no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Gastrotheca zeugocystis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video

Genus Hemiphractus (6 species)
Hemiphractus bubalus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hemiphractus fasciatus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hemiphractus helioi English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hemiphractus johnsoni no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hemiphractus proboscideus English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Hemiphractus scutatus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video

Genus Stefania (19 species)
Stefania ackawaio no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania ayangannae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania breweri no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania coxi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania evansi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania ginesi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Stefania goini no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania marahuaquensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania neblinae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania oculosa no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania percristata no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania riae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania riveroi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania roraimae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania satelles no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Stefania scalae no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Stefania schuberti no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania tamacuarina no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Stefania woodleyi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video


Citation: AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2012. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 2012).

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