Amazophrynella

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Amazophrynella
Amazophrynella manaos01.jpg
Amazophrynella minuta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Amazophrynella
Fouquet et al, 2012 [1]
Type species
Atelopus minutus
Melin, 1941
Synonyms
  • AmazonellaFouquet et al, 2012 [2]

Amazophrynella is a genus of toads in the family Bufonidae. [3] [4] They are found throughout the Amazon Basin. [3]

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Description

Species of the genus Amazophrynella are small toads measuring 12–27 mm (0.47–1.06 in) in snout–vent length. The hind limbs are well developed. The parotoid glands are absent, as are vocal slits and tympana. The skin is uniformly and finely granulose. Dorsal coloration is cryptic. [2]

Species of the genus Amazophrynella are pond breeders, which is presumably an ancestral trait in bufonids (most Dendrophryniscus breed in phytotelmata). [2]

Taxonomy

Amazophrynella was separated from Dendrophryniscus in 2012 based on molecular genetic evidence that indicated deep divergence between an Amazonian and an Atlantic Forest clade, the latter retaining the name Dendrophryniscus whereas the former was described as a new genus Amazonella, [2] later amended to Amazophrynella because of homonymy. [1] [3] The analysis suggested that Amazophrynella is the sister taxon of Dendrophryniscus, but a later study has suggested a more distant relationship. [3]

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Amazophrynella: [3] [4]

SpeciesImage
Amazophrynella amazonicola

Rojas, Carvalho, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2015

Amazophrynella amazonicola.jpg
Amazophrynella bilinguis

Kaefer, Rojas, Ferrão, Farias & Lima, 2019

Amazophrynella bokermanni

(Izecksohn, 1994)

Amazophrynella bokermanni.jpg
Amazophrynella gardai

Mângia, Koroiva & Santana, 2020

Amazophrynella gardai (10.7717-peerj.9887) Fig-3a-full.png
Amazophrynella javierbustamantei

Rojas-Zamora, Chaparro, Carvalho, Ávila, Farias, Hrbek, and Gordo, 2016

Amazophrynella javierbustamantei.jpg
Amazophrynella manaos

Rojas, Carvalho, Ávila, Farias, and Hrbek, 2014

Amazophrynella manaos.jpg
Amazophrynella matses

Rojas, Carvalho, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2015

Amazophrynella matses.jpg
Amazophrynella minuta

(Melin, 1941)

Amazophrynella minuta.jpg
Amazophrynella moisesii

Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho, Pinheiro, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2018

Amazophrynella siona

Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho, Pinheiro, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2018

Amazophrynella siona.jpg
Amazophrynella teko

Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho, Pinheiro, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2018

Amazophrynella teko (10.5852-ejt.2022.836.1919) Figure 1 (cropped).png
Amazophrynella vote

Ávila, Carvalho, Gordo, Kawashita-Ribeiro, and Morais, 2012

Amazophrynella vote.jpg
Amazophrynella xinguensis

Rojas-Zamora, Fouquet, Ron, Hernández-Ruz, Melo-Sampaio, Chaparro, Vogt, Carvalho, Pinheiro, Ávila, Farias, Gordo, and Hrbek, 2018

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References

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