page_title: Anomaloglossus
hierarchical_section_title: Anomaloglossus
caption_attribution_description: English: Female Anomaloglossus parkerae from La Escalera region, Venezuela. Paratype, KU 167328
context_page_description: Anomaloglossus is a genus of frogs in the family Aromobatidae. The genus is endemic to the Guiana Shield in northern South America. It used to be placed in the family Dendrobatidae, and is still placed in that family by some sources. The name of the genus, from the Greek anomalos and glossa, refers to the unusual tongue bearing the median lingual process, the only unambiguous phenotypic synapomorphy of this genus.
context_section_description: Anomaloglossus is a genus of frogs in the family Aromobatidae. The genus is endemic to the Guiana Shield in northern South America. It used to be placed in the family Dendrobatidae (together with other genera in the current Aromobatidae), and is still placed in that family by some sources. The name of the genus, from the Greek anomalos (=irregular, unusual) and glossa (=tongue), refers to the unusual tongue bearing the median lingual process, the only unambiguous phenotypic synapomorphy of this genus.
caption: Female Anomaloglossus parkerae
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