Adelophryne

Adelophryne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Eleutherodactylidae
Subfamily: Phyzelaphryninae
Genus: Adelophryne
Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1984[1]
Type species
Adelophryne adiastola
Hoogmoed and Lescure, 1984[1]
Diversity
8 species

Adelophryne (common name: shield frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae.[2][3][1] They are native to northern South America east of the Andes, roughly from the area corresponding to the Guiana Shield.[2]

Species

As of 2014, there are eight species:[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hoogmoed, MS & J Lescure (1984). "A new genus and two new species of minute leptodactylid frogs from northern South America, with comments upon Phyzelaphryne (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 58: 85–115.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Adelophryne Hoogmoed and Lescure, 1984". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Eleutherodactylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.