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Physalaemus biligonigerus (*)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura

Familia: Leptodactylidae
Subfamilia: Leiuperinae
Genus: Physalaemus
Species: Physalaemus biligonigerus
Name

Physalaemus biligonigerus (Cope, 1861)

Type locality: "Buenos Ayres", Argentina.

Holotype: ANSP 2265.
Synonyms

Liuperus biligonigerus Cope, 1861
Pleurodema biligonigera — Cope, 1862
Gomphobates biligonigerus — Cope, 1870
Paludicola (Gomphobates) biligonigerus — Peters, 1873
Paludicola biligonigera — Boulenger, 1882
Physalaemus biligonigerus — Parker, 1927

References

Cope, 1861 "1860", Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 12: 517.
Parker, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 20: 458.
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Physalaemus biligonigerus . Accessed on 04 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Physalaemus biligonigerus (Least Concern) Downloaded on 04 June 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Weeping Frog
polski: Bagniak płaczliwy

Physalaemus biligonigerus is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, water storage areas, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.
References

Axel Kwet, Steffen Reichle, Lucy Aquino, Débora Silvano, Esteban Lavilla, Ismael di Tada (2010). "Physalaemus biligonigerus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T57242A11607776. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T57242A11607776.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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