Rhombophryne

Rhombophryne
Rhombophryne coudreaui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Lissamphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Cophylinae
Genus: Rhombophryne
Boettger, 1880
Diversity
11 species

Rhombophryne is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar. It is currently estimated to include at least 17 species,[1] but only 11 of these are currently described.[1][2][3][4]

Species

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vieites, D. R.; K. C. Wollenberg; F. Andreone; J. Köhler; F. Glaw; M. Vences (2009). "Vast underestimation of Madagascar’s biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory". PNAS 106 (20): 8267–8272. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810821106.
  2. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar 3rd edition. Köln: M. Vences & F. Glaw Verlags GbR. ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7.
  3. D'Cruze, N.; J. Köhler; M. Vences; F. Glaw (2010). "A New Fat Fossorial Frog (Microhylidae: Cophylinae: Rhombophryne) from the Rainforest of the Forêt d'Ambre Special Reserve, Northern Madagascar". Herpetologica 66 (2): 182–191. doi:10.1655/09-008r1.1.
  4. Scherz, Mark D.; Ruthensteiner, Bernhard; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank (2014). "A new microhylid frog, genus Rhombophryne, from northeastern Madagascar, and a re-description of R. serratopalpebrosa using micro-computed tomography". Zootaxa 3860 (6): 547–560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.3.