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Leiopelma is a
genus of New
Zealand primitive frogs,
belonging to the
suborder Archaeobatrachia. It is the only
genus in the
monotypic family Leiopelmatidae...
- The Hamilton's frog (
Leiopelma hamiltoni) is a
primitive frog
native to New Zealand, one of only
three extant species belonging to the
family Leiopelmatidae...
- Hochstetter's frog or Hochstetter's New
Zealand frog (
Leiopelma hochstetteri) is a
primitive frog
native to New Zealand, one of only four
extant species...
- Archey's frog (
Leiopelma archeyi) is an
archaic species of frog
endemic to the
North Island of New Zealand. It is one of only
three extant species belonging...
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genus Leiopelma or are one of the
introduced species, of
which three are extant. ****etua is the
eponymized Māori word.
Members of the
genus Leiopelma exhibit...
- The Maud
Island frog (
Leiopelma pakeka) has been
recently been
synonymised with Hamilton's frog (
Leiopelma hamiltoni)
Leiopelma pakeka was a
small terrestrial...
- Markham's frog (
Leiopelma markhami) is one of
three extinct New
Zealand frog species, the
others being the
Aurora frog (
Leiopelma auroraensis) and Waitomo...
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through mtDNA comparisons, has been
grouped into a
clade with the
genus "
Leiopelma"
creating a
sister taxon to all
modern anurans. The
existence of the visible...
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Leiopelma auroraensis,
known as the
Aurora frog, is an
extinct species of frog that was
found in New Zealand. One
subfossil of the
Aurora frog has been...
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Panbiogeographic tracks of the
ratite birds, the
southern beech Notho****us, and the New
Zealand frog
Leiopelma...
