Mantophryne

Mantophryne
Male Mantophryne insignis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Mantophryne Boulenger, 1897". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b 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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