Gastrophryne
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| Gastrophryne | |
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| Gastrophryne carolinensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Microhylinae |
| Genus: | Gastrophryne Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Gastrophryne, the narrow-mouthed toads, is a genus of microhylid frogs. Its name means ‘belly-toad’, referring to its large belly, from the Ancient Greek gastēr (γαστήρ, ‘belly, stomach’) and phrunē (φρύνη, ‘toad’).[1]
Species
- Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook, 1835).
- Gastrophryne elegans (Boulenger, 1882).
- Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856).
- Gastrophryne pictiventris (Cope, 1886).
- Gastrophryne usta (Cope, 1866).
References
- ↑ Dodd, C. Kenneth (2013). Frogs of the United States and Canada 1. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4214-0633-6.
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