Swimming Frogs
Pseudis
Pseudis is a genus of South American frogs (swimming frogs) in the family Hylidae. They are often common and frequently heard, but easily overlooked because of their camouflage and lifestyle, living in lakes, ponds, marshes and similar waters with extensive aquatic vegetation, often sitting at the surface among plants or on floating plants, but rapidly diving if disturbed. Whereas the adults are medium-sized frogs, their tadpoles are large; in some species the world's longest.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Lesser Swimming Frog
speciesPseudis minuta
Paradoxical Swimming Frog
speciesPseudis paradoxa
Paraguayan Swimming Frog
speciesPseudis platensis
Uruguay harlequin frog
speciesPseudis limellum
Bolivian harlequin frog
speciesPseudis boliviana
Guyana harlequin frog
speciesPseudis laevis
Brazilian Swimming Frog
speciesPseudis bolbodactyla
Cardoso's Swimming Frog
speciesPseudis cardosoi
Tocantins Swimming Frog
speciesPseudis tocantins
Mato Verde harlequin frog
speciesPseudis caraya
Rio Arassuahy Swimming Frog
speciesPseudis fusca
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 24406.