Title: Frogs of southeastern Brazil
Description: The frogs of southeastern Brazil belong to two suborders of the order Salientia: The suborder Procoela, which has the centrum of the sacral vertebra concave anteriorly, contains five ot fhe six families occurring the region; and the suborder Diplasiocoela, defined as having the centrum of the sacral vertebra convex anteriorly, and represented by the family Microhylidae, a group easily recognized by reason of the narrow mouth, slender head, and heavy body.
Subjects: Amphibians, Frogs
Places: Brazil