Mertensophryne
| Mertensophryne | |
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| Mertensophryne micranotis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Mertensophryne Tihen, 1960 |
| Species | |
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Mertensophryne, the snouted frogs, is a genus of true toads native to Eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, southeastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique. Mertensophryne consists of species previously allocated to the genera Stephopaedes and Bufo, with just one species, Mertensophryne micranotis, occurring in the genus originally. There are 14 species.
Species
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Mertensophryne anotis (Boulenger, 1907) | Mashonaland Toad |
| Mertensophryne howelli (Poynton and Clarke, 1999) | Mrora Forest Toad |
| Mertensophryne lindneri (Mertens, 1955) | Dar es Salaam Toad |
| Mertensophryne lonnbergi (Andersson, 1911) | Lonberg's Toad |
| Mertensophryne loveridgei (Poynton, 1991) | Mahenge Toad |
| Mertensophryne melanopleura (Schmidt and Inger, 1959) | Kankunde Toad |
| Mertensophryne micranotis (Loveridge, 1925) | Loveridges Snouted Toad |
| Mertensophryne mocquardi (Angel, 1924) | Mocquards Toad |
| Mertensophryne nairobiensis (Loveridge, 1932) | Nairobi Toad |
| Mertensophryne nyikae (Loveridge, 1953) | Nyika Dwarf Toad |
| Mertensophryne schmidti Grandison, 1972 | Schmidt's Snouted Frog |
| Mertensophryne taitana (Peters, 1878) | Black-chested Dwarf Toad |
| Mertensophryne usambarae (Poynton and Clarke, 1999) | Usambara Forest Toad |
| Mertensophryne uzunguensis (Loveridge, 1932) | Uzungwe Toad |
References
- Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julia´ N Faivovich, Raoul H. Bain, Alexander Haas, Ce´ Lio F.B. Haddad, Rafael O. De Sa´ , Alan Channing, Mark Wilkinson, Stephen C. Donnellan, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Jonathan A. Campbell, Boris L. Blotto, Paul Moler, Robert C. Drewes, Ronald A. Nussbaum, John D. Lynch, David M. Green, And Ward C. Wheeler, 2006, The Amphibian Tree of Life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 297: 206
External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Mertensophryne. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 3, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Mertensophryne. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 3, 2008).