Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)
Author
Duellman, William E.
Author
Marion, Angela B.
Author
Hedges, Blair
text
Zootaxa
2016
4104
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1
109
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1
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1175-5326
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Subfamily
Acridinae Mivart, 1869
Acridina Mivart, 1869: 292
.
Type
genus
Acris
Duméril and Bibron, 1841
:506
.
Definition.
Small to medium-sized (
19–48 mm
SVL) mainly terrestrial and semi-aquatic frogs; discs on fingers and toes not, or only slightly, expanded (
Fig. 3A
); chromosome complement 2n = 22 or 24.
Content.
Three genera and 21 species.
Distribution.
North
America
from southern Alaska southward to southern Baja California, and east of the Rocky Mountains from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of
Mexico
.
Etymology.
The familial name is based on that of the
type
genus, the Greek
akris,
meaning a kind of grasshopper.