Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Leiuperidae
Genera: Edalorhina - Engystomops - Eupemphix - Physalaemus - Pleurodema - Pseudopaludicola - Somuncuria
Name
Leiuperidae Bonaparte, 1850
Type genus: Leiuperus Duméril & Bibron, 1841
Synonyms
* Leiuperina Bonaparte, 1850
* Paludicolina Mivart, 1869
* Paludicolidae — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1924
* Paludicolinae — Lutz, 1929
* Pseudopaludicolinae Gallardo, 1965
References
* Bonaparte, 1850, Conspect. Syst. Herpetol. Amph.: 1 p.
* Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 154
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Leiuperidae access date 03 June 2008
Note
Formerly considered a part of the familia Leptodactylidae, but moved to a separate familia by Grant et. al. in 2006.
Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Snouted Frogs; Dwarf Frogs
