Biology:Mantophryne

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Short description: Genus of amphibians

Mantophryne
Holotype of Mantophryne insignis, dorsolateral view.jpg
Male Mantophryne insignis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Asterophryinae
Genus: Mantophryne
Boulenger, 1897
Species

5 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]

Pherohapsis Zweifel, 1972

Mantophryne is a genus of microhylid frogs.[1][2] The genus is found in New Guinea, Louisiade Archipelago, and Woodlark Island.[1][3]

Species

There are five recognized species:[1][2]

Binomial name and author Common name
Mantophryne axanthogaster Kraus and Allison, 2009
Mantophryne insignis Günther and Richards, 2016[3]
Mantophryne lateralis Boulenger, 1897 Victoria archipelago frog
Mantophryne louisiadensis (Parker, 1934) Louisiade archipelago frog
Mantophryne menziesi (Zweifel, 1972) Iarowari School frog

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Mantophryne Boulenger, 1897". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Asterophryinae/Mantophryne. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Microhylidae.shtml. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Günther, Rainer; Richards, Stephen (2016). "Description of a striking new Mantophryne species (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea". Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (1): 111–118. doi:10.3897/zse.92.7629. 

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