What is Lysapsus?
{{automatic taxobox | image = Lysapsus limellum.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Lysapsus limellum]]'' | taxon = Lysapsus | authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1862 | type_species = ''[[Lysapsus limellum]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1862 | diversity = 4 species (see [[#Species|text]]) }} '''''Lysapsus''''' is a genus of [[frog]]s in the family [[Hylidae]]. These frogs live in [[South America]]. They live east of the [[Andes]]. They are called '''harlequin frogs''' in English.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Lysapsus |title=''Lysapsus'' Cope, 1862 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=13 June 2015}}</ref> Many frogs in ''Lysapsus'' are larger when they are tadpoles than when they are adult frogs.<ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title=''Lysapsus limellum'' Cope, 1982: Uruguay harlequin frog |author1=Emily Payne |editor1=Ann T. Chang |date=February 24, 2018 |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5222 |access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref> ==Species== There are four species:<ref name=frost/><ref name=AmphibiaWeb>{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylidae.shtml |title=Hylidae |year=2015 |work=AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] |publisher=Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb |accessdate=13 June 2015}}</ref> * ''[[Lysapsus bolivianus]]'' <small>(Gallardo, 1961)</small> * ''[[Lysapsus caraya]]'' <small>(Gallardo, 1964)</small> * ''[[Lysapsus laevis]]'' <small>(Parker, 1935)</small> * ''[[Lysapsus limellum]]'' <small>(Cope, 1862)</small> Scientists believe ''Lysapsus bolivianus'' may be its own species or a [[subspecies]] of ''Lysapsus limellum''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Lysapsus/Lysapsus-bolivianus |title=''Lysapsus bolivianus'' (Gallardo,