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Definition of Liopelma
1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Leiopelmatidae, Family Liopelmidae, Leiopelmatidae, Liopelmidae
Member holonyms: Liopelma Hamiltoni
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liopelma
Literary usage of Liopelma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Island Life: Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Alfred Russel Wallace (1881)
"... the Amphibia in New Zealand is a solitary frog of a peculiar genus (Liopelma
... while the Liopelma belongs to a very different family (Bombinatoridae), ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... except one genus (Liopelma), and that is confined to New Zealand. The reptiles
contribute data looking in different directions. ..."
3. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"On the other hand, the range of a species, genus, or order may be restricted to
a single limited district. The genus Liopelma (New Zealand Frog) is found ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"Liopelma is confined to New Zealand, where it is the solitary representative of
the Amphibia. Ascaphus is found in North America. ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... (qv) and others of the genus Alytes, and a small species (Liopelma Hochstetteri),
of Now Zealand, notable as the only amphibian native to those islands. ..."
6. A Text-book of Zoogeography by Frank Evers Beddard (1895)
"Liopelma hochstetteri. Resemblances between South America and Madagascar are
shown here, as in some other groups of the animal kingdom. ..."
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