Xenorhina

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Xenorhina
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Xenorhina mehelyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Asterophryinae
Genus: Xenorhina
Peters, 1863
Type species
Bombinator oxycephalus
Schlegel, 1858
Species

40 species (see text)

Synonyms [1]

XenobatrachusPeters and Doria, 1878
ChoanacanthaMéhely, 1898
PseudengystomaDe Witte, 1930 "1929"

Xenorhina is a genus of microhylid frogs. [1] [2] The genus is endemic to New Guinea. [1] They are sometimes known as the snouted frogs or fanged frogs, the latter referring to the now-synonymized genus Xenobatrachus. [1]

Species

There are 40 species: [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Xenorhina Peters, 1863". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2018.