Genus Liopelma (Noun)
Meaning
Type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The genus Leiopelma consists of four recognized species of native New Zealand frogs and is the type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae.
- Leiopelma, the type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae, possesses some unusual characteristics for frogs.
- The genus Leiopelma, which has no close relatives among the other living frogs and is the type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae, is of particular interest to evolutionary biologists.
- Leiopelma is the type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae and consists entirely of species endemic to New Zealand.
- Leiopelma, the type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae, holds a unique position within the superfamily Leiopelmoidea.