Craugastoridae

Craugastoridae
Craugastor fitzingeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Subclass:	Lissamphibia
Order:	Anura
Suborder:	Neobatrachia
Family:	Craugastoridae Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008
Genera
Craugastor Cope, 1862 Haddadus Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008

Craugastoridae is a family of frogs which consists of 2 genera with a disjunct distribution: Craugastor and Haddadus.

The genus Craugastor, with 112 species, has the largest distribution and can be found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America up to northwestern South America. The genus Haddadus, with 2 species, is only found is south-eastern Brazil.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Hedges, S. B., Duellman, W. E., and Heinicke, M. P (2008). "New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation". Zootaxa (1737): 1–182. http://evo.bio.psu.edu/hedgeslab/Publications/PDF-files/196.pdf. 
2. ^ "Craugastoridae. in: AmphibiaWeb - Information on Amphibian Biology and Conservation". University of California, Berkeley, CA. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Craugastoridae.shtml. Retrieved 2010-07-13.