Elachistocleis

Elachistocleis
	Elachistocleis ovalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Microhylidae
Subfamily:	Gastrophryninae
Genus:	Elachistocleis; Parker, 1927
Type species
	Rana ovalis; Schneider, 1799
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Relictivomer;

Elachistocleis is a genus of microhylid frogs found in southern America from Panama southwards. Their common name is oval frogs, although for historic reasons not all species are named so.[1][2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Elachistocleis:[1]

Binomial name and author	Common name
Elachistocleis bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)	Two-colored oval frog
Elachistocleis bumbameuboi Caramaschi, 2010
Elachistocleis carvalhoi Caramaschi, 2010
Elachistocleis cesarii (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)
Elachistocleis corumbaensis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920)Piva, Caramaschi, and Albuquerque, 2017
Elachistocleis erythrogaster Kwet & Di-Bernardo, 1998	Red-bellied oval frog[3]
Elachistocleis haroi Pereyra, Akmentins, Laufer & Vaira, 2013[4]
Elachistocleis helianneae Caramaschi, 2010
Elachistocleis magna Toledo, 2010
Elachistocleis matogrosso Caramaschi, 2010
Elachistocleis muiraquitan Nunes-de-Almeida and Toledo, 2012
Elachistocleis ovalis (Schneider, 1799)	Common oval frog
Elachistocleis panamensis (Dunn, Trapido, and Evans, 1948)	Panama humming frog
Elachistocleis pearsei (Ruthven, 1914)	Colombian plump prog
Elachistocleis piauiensis Caramaschi & Jim, 1983	Piaui oval frog
Elachistocleis skotogaster Lavilla, Vaira & Ferrari, 2003
Elachistocleis surinamensis (Daudin, 1802)	Surinam oval frog
Elachistocleis surumu Caramaschi, 2010

References

Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Elachistocleis Parker, 1927". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: Elachistocleis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 29 November 2013).
Solé, Micro (December 8, 2002). "Elachistocleis erythrogaster; Red-bellied Oval Frog". CalPhotos. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
Pereyra, L. C.; Akmentins, M. S.; Laufer, G.; Vaira, M. (2013). "A new species of Elachistocleis (Anura: Microhylidae) from north-western Argentina". Zootaxa. 3694 (6): 525. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3694.6.2.

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[ASW-1] Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Elachistocleis Parker, 1927". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[2] AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: Elachistocleis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 29 November 2013).

[3] Solé, Micro (December 8, 2002). "Elachistocleis erythrogaster; Red-bellied Oval Frog". CalPhotos. Retrieved January 8, 2021.

[4] Pereyra, L. C.; Akmentins, M. S.; Laufer, G.; Vaira, M. (2013). "A new species of Elachistocleis (Anura: Microhylidae) from north-western Argentina". Zootaxa. 3694 (6): 525. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3694.6.2.