Craugastoridae


The Craugastoridae, or fleshbelly frogs, are a family of New World direct-developing frogs. As delineated here, following the Amphibian Species of the World, it is a large family containing 857 species. They are found from the southern United States southwards to Central and South America.

Taxonomy

The taxon was created by Stephen Blair Hedges, William Edward Duellman and Matthew P. Heinicke in 2008. The taxonomy of these frogs is not yet settled, and other sources may treat the subfamily Strabomantinae as a family, Strabomantidae, with correspondingly smaller Craugastoridae. The most recent rearrangement of subfamilies and genera is from 2014.

Life history

With the possible exception of Craugastor laticeps that may be ovoviviparous,
craugastorid frogs have direct development: no free-living tadpole stage is known; instead, eggs develop directly into small froglets.

Subfamilies and genera

The following taxonomy follows Padial and colleagues and is adopted by the Amphibian Species of the World.

Subfamilies

The following two taxa were formerly placed in Craugastoridae, but are now incerta sedis within the superfamily Brachycephaloidea, awaiting more data to resolve their position: