Sphenophryne

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Sphenophryne
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Asterophryinae
Genus: Sphenophryne
Peters and Doria, 1878
Type species
Sphenophryne cornuta
Peters and Doria, 1878
Synonyms [1]

Sphenophryne is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae from New Guinea. [1] It reached its current composition in 2017 when Rivera and colleagues brought the genera Genyophryne, Liophryne, and Oxydactyla into synonymy of the then-monotypic Sphenophryne. [1] [2] However, the AmphibiaWeb continues to recognize these genera as valid. [3]

Species

There are 14 species: [1]

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Asterophryinae Subfamily of amphibians

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<i>Barygenys</i> Genus of amphibians

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<i>Xenorhina</i> Genus of amphibians

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<i>Aphantophryne</i> Genus of amphibians

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<i>Austrochaperina</i> Genus of amphibians

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<i>Choerophryne</i> Genus of amphibians

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Copiula is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea. The common name Mehely frogs has been coined for them. They are leaf-litter inhabitants.

<i>Ctenophryne</i> Genus of amphibians

Ctenophryne is a genus of microhylid frogs. They occur in southern Central America and South America. Their common names are egg frogs and Nelson frogs, the latter applying to species in the formerly recognized Nelsonophryne.

Austrochaperina adamantina is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to New Guinea and occurs in the Torricelli and Bewani Mountains in the West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. The specific name adamantina is Latin for "like a diamond" and refers to Jared Diamond, credited as the collector of the holotype and "great many other valuable herpetological specimens from Papua New Guinea".

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<i>Sphenophryne thomsoni</i> Species of amphibian

Sphenophryne thomsoni, sometimes known as Thomson's toothless frog, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and occurs in the southeastern peninsular New Guinea, Louisiade Archipelago, d'Entrecasteaux Islands, and Woodlark Island. It was formerly in its own monotypic genus Genyophryne. The specific name thomsoni honours Basil Thomson, a British intelligence officer, police officer, prison governor, colonial administrator, and writer.

<i>Sphenophryne similis</i> Species of frog

Sphenophryne similis is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to New Guinea and is only known from its type locality in the Owen Stanley Range, Northern Province, Papua New Guinea.

Aphantophryne parkeri is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to the north coast of New Guinea and only known from Matapan and the Bewani Mountains in the West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, and from Sentani in the Papua Province, Western New Guinea (Indonesia). This species was formerly included in the genus Oreophryne, but was in 2017 moved to Aphantophryne based on molecular data. The specific name parkeri honours Hampton Wildman Parker, an English zoologist and herpetologist. Common name Parker's cross frog has been coined for it.

Sphenophryne crassa is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to eastern New Guinea and is known from the Mount Dayman and Mount Simpson in the Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea. Common name Papua land frog has been proposed for it.

<i>Sphenophryne cornuta</i> Species of amphibian

Sphenophryne cornuta is a species of frogs in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to New Guinea where it is widespread and found both in the Western New Guinea (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea. Common name horned land frog has been proposed for it.

<i>Cornufer</i> Genus of amphibians

Cornufer is a genus of frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It has been greatly expanded by Brown, et al. (2015) to include most Australasian frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. Species are found in Melanesia and Polynesia — in Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and in the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands.

<i>Ranoidea</i> (genus) Genus of amphibians

Ranoidea is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. They are found in Australia, New Guinea, and two nearby groups of islands: the Maluku Islands, and the Louisiade Archipelago. The circumscription of this taxon is still controversial.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Sphenophryne Peters and Doria, 1878". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  2. Rivera, Julio A; Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen & Butler, Marguerite A. (2017). "Molecular phylogenetics and dating of the problematic New Guinea microhylid frogs (Amphibia: Anura) reveals elevated speciation rates and need for taxonomic reclassification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 112: 1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.04.008 . PMID   28412536.
  3. "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.