Leptodactylidae

Several of the genera within the Leptodactylidae lay their eggs in foam nests. These can be in crevices, on the surface of water, or on forest floors. These foam nests are some of the most varied among frogs. When eggs hatch in nests on the forest floor, the tadpoles remain within the nest, without eating, until metamorphosis.

Fossils of Leptodactylidae have been found in Maastrichtian India.

Classification

As of December 2019, the Amphibian Species of the World classifies the following genera in the family Leptodactylidae:

• Subfamily Leiuperinae Bonaparte, 1850 (90 species)
  • Edalorhina Jiménez de la Espada, 1870
  • Engystomops Jiménez de la Espada, 1872
  • Physalaemus Fitzinger, 1826
  • Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838
  • Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
• Subfamily Leptodactylinae Werner, 1896 (1838) (96 species)
  • Adenomera Steindachner, 1867
  • Hydrolaetare Gallardo, 1963
  • Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826
  • Lithodytes Fitzinger, 1843
• Subfamily Paratelmatobiinae Ohler and Dubois, 2012 (13 species)
  • Crossodactylodes Cochran, 1938
  • Paratelmatobius Lutz and Carvalho, 1958
  • Rupirana Heyer, 1999
  • Scythrophrys Lynch, 1971
• Incertae sedis
  • "Leptodactylus" ochraceus Lutz, 1930