Sphenophryne

<i>Sphenophryne</i>

Sphenophryne

Genus of amphibians

Sphenophryne is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae from New Guinea.[1] It reached its current composition in 2017 when Rivera and colleagues brought the genera Genyophryne, Liophryne, and Oxydactyla into synonymy of the then-monotypic Sphenophryne.[1][2] However, the AmphibiaWeb continues to recognize these genera as valid.[3]

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Species

There are 14 species:[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Sphenophryne Peters and Doria, 1878". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  2. [2]
    Rivera, Julio A; Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen & Butler, Marguerite A. (2017). "Molecular phylogenetics and dating of the problematic New Guinea microhylid frogs (Amphibia: Anura) reveals elevated speciation rates and need for taxonomic reclassification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 112: 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.04.008. PMID 28412536.
  3. [3]
    "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.


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