Stereocyclops
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Stereocyclops is an amphibian genus of the family -mouthed .
description
The pupils are round. The tongue is large and freely liftable at the back. Palatine teeth are missing. There is a short transverse fold on the back half of the palate. The front part of the conjunctiva of the eye is ossified, creating a hard ring around the cornea. The eardrum is invisible. The fingers and toes are not webbed . Praecoracoid are present. The omosternum is missing. The sternum is cartilaginous, very widened and connected to a large extent with the coracoid . The transverse processes of the sacral vertebra are fairly widened.
Occurrence
The genus occurs in eastern Brazil in the Mata Atlântica from Alagoas to São Paulo .
Systematics
The genus Stereocyclops was first described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1870 . It includes 4 types:
Status: October 12, 2015
- Stereocyclops histrio ( Carvalho , 1954)
- Stereocyclops incrassatus Cope , 1870
- Stereocyclops palmipes Caramaschi, Salles & Cruz , 2012
- Stereocyclops parkeri ( Wettstein , 1934)
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Nieden: Anura II . In: FE Schulze, W. Kükenthal, K. Heider (Ed.): Das Tierreich . Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin and Leipzig 1926, p. 73.
- ↑ a b Darrel R. Frost: Stereocyclops Cope, 1870 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0 (accessed March 4, 2014). ( online ).
