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]
- Adelophryne adiastola Hoogmoed and Lescure, 1984
- Adelophryne baturitensis Hoogmoed, Borges, and Cascon, 1994
- Adelophryne gutturosa Hoogmoed and Lescure, 1984
- Adelophryne maranguapensis Hoogmoed, Borges, and Cascon, 1994
- Adelophryne meridionalis Santana, Fonseca, Neves, and Carvalho, 2012
- Adelophryne mucronatus Lourenço-de-Moraes, Solé, and Toledo, 2012
- Adelophryne pachydactyla Hoogmoed, Borges, and Cascon, 1994
- Adelophryne patamona MacCulloch, Lathrop, Kok, Minter, Khan, and Barrio-Amoros, 2008
References
- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 "Eleutherodactylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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