Asterophryinae

Asterophryinae
Paedophryne dekot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Asterophryinae
Günther, 1858
Genera

23, see text.

Synonyms

Genyophryninae Boulenger, 1890[1]

Asterophryinae is a subfamily of microhylid frogs distributed in an area from the Peninsular Malaysia through the Malay Archipelago to northern Australia.[2]

Genera

As of 2013, this subfamily contains 274 species in the following 23 genera:[2]

The most species-rich genus is Oreophryne (50 species). Four genera are monotypic: Genyophryne, Oninia, Pherohapsis, and Sphenophryne.[2]

Body size

Phylogeny and evolution of body size in Asterophryinae. Colours of branches correspond to maximum male snout-vent length (Paedophryne) or average snout-vent length within each clade on a logarithmic scale.[4]

Microhylid frogs are generally small. A few species such as Callulops robustus and Asterophrys turpicola attain snout-vent lengths (SVL) in excess of 50 mm (2.0 in), whereas frogs in genus Paedophryne are particularly small, and Paedophryne amauensis is the world's smallest known vertebrate, attaining an average body size of only 7.7 mm (0.30 in) (range 7.0–8.0 mm).[4]

References

  1. "Genyophryninae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Asterophryinae Günther, 1858". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. Kraus, F. (2010). "New genus of diminutive microhylid frogs from Papua New Guinea". ZooKeys 48: 39–59. doi:10.3897/zookeys.48.446.
  4. 1 2 Rittmeyer, Eric N.; Allison, Allen; Gründler, Michael C.; Thompson, Derrick K.; Austin, Christopher C. (2012). "Ecological guild evolution and the discovery of the world's smallest vertebrate". PLoS ONE 7 (1): e29797. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029797. PMC 3256195. PMID 22253785.
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