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Acridinae Mivart 1869
Description
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.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Acrididae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Mivart
- Taxon rank
- subFamily
- Taxonomic concept label
- Acridinae Mivart, 1869 sec. Duellman, Marion & Hedges, 2016
References
- Dumeril, A. M. C. & Bibron, G. (1841) Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 8. Roret, Paris, 792 pp.