New Zealand Frogs
Leiopelma
The Leiopelmatidae are the family of New Zealand primitive frogs, belonging to the suborder Archaeobatrachia. The leiopelmatids' relatively primitive form indicates they have an ancient lineage. While some taxonomists have suggested combining the North American frogs of the genus Ascaphus in the family Ascaphidae with the New Zealand frogs of the genus Leiopelma in the Leiopelmatidae family, the current consensus is that these two groups constitute two separate families. The four extant species of Leiopelmatidae are...
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Hochstetter's Frog
speciesLeiopelma hochstetteri
Archey's Frog
speciesLeiopelma archeyi
Hamilton's Frog
speciesLeiopelma hamiltoni
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 23270.