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Oval Frogs
Elachistocleis
Elachistocleis is a genus of microhylid frogs found in southern America from Panama southwards. Their common name is oval frogs, although for historic reasons not all species are named so.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species

Two-colored oval frog
speciesElachistocleis bicolor

Elachistocleis cesarii
speciesElachistocleis cesarii

Acre's Oval Frog
speciesElachistocleis muiraquitan

Colombian Plump Frog
speciesElachistocleis pearsei

Surinam oval frog
speciesElachistocleis surinamensis

Panama Humming Frog
speciesElachistocleis panamensis

Elachistocleis helianneae
speciesElachistocleis helianneae

Elachistocleis nigrogularis
speciesElachistocleis nigrogularis

Piaui Oval Frog
speciesElachistocleis piauiensis

Elachistocleis magna
speciesElachistocleis magna

Elachistocleis haroi
speciesElachistocleis haroi

Elachistocleis sikuani
speciesElachistocleis sikuani

Elachistocleis tinigua
speciesElachistocleis tinigua

Northern Oval Frog
speciesElachistocleis ovalis

Elachistocleis corumbaensis
speciesElachistocleis corumbaensis

Scarce Snouted Frog
speciesElachistocleis araios
Elachistocleis skotogaster
speciesElachistocleis skotogaster
Elachistocleis erythrogaster
speciesElachistocleis erythrogaster
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 25086.