Mannophryne
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Mannophryne is a genus of frogs native to South America. This genus was created in 1992, split from the former Colostethus trinitatis species group.
Mannophryne has been placed in the Dendrobatidae family, but a new study proposes moving it to the Aromobatidae family.
[edit] Taxonomy
Mannophryne contains twelve species which used to be classified in the Colostethus genus. These are:
- Mannophryne caquetio Mijares-Urrutia and Arends-R., 1999
- Mannophryne collaris (Boulenger, 1912)
- Mannophryne cordilleriana La Marca, 1995
- Mannophryne herminae (Boettger, 1893)
- Mannophryne lamarcai Mijares-Urrutia and Arends-R., 1999
- Mannophryne larandina (Yústiz, 1991)
- Mannophryne neblina (Test, 1956)
- Mannophryne oblitterata (Rivero, 1984)
- Mannophryne olmonae (Hardy, 1983)
- Mannophryne riveroi (Donoso-Barros, 1965)
- Mannophryne trinitatis (Garman, 1888)
- Mannophryne yustizi (La Marca, 1989)
[edit] References
- Amphibian Species of the World - Mannophryne La Marca, 1992. Retrieved on 2006-07-21.
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