Nannophryne

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Nannophryne
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Nannophryne
Günther, 1870
Type species
Nannophryne variegata
Günther, 1870
Diversity
4 species (see text)

Nannophryne is a small genus of true toads, family Bufonidae, [1] [2] [3] from South America. They are found in central Andean Peru south to southern Chile and adjacent Argentina. [1]

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Taxonomy

The genus was placed in synonymy with Bufo by George Albert Boulenger in 1894, [1] but it was resurrected in 2006 by Frost when splitting the then very large Bufo into smaller, monophyletic genera. [4] This change was controversial but has now largely been accepted. [2] [3] [5] The alternative, treating Nannophryne as a subgenus of Bufo, still has some following. [1]

Species

There are four species in this genus: [1] [2]

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References

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