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Leptodactylus

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n.1.The type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications it is placed in the family Bufonidae.
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Noun1.Leptodactylus - type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae
genus Leptodactylus
amphibian genus - any genus of amphibians
family Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylidae - New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae
crapaud, Leptodactylus pentadactylus, South American bullfrog - large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog


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Alejandro Purgue, a herpetologist at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, suggests that the South American frog Leptodactylus ocellatus evolved an underwater mating call in response to airwave competition from another frog that uses the same frequency above water.
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