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Microhylidae

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Description

The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family of frogs. The 584 species are in 61 genera and 11 subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6741https://www.gbif.org/species/6741
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Microhylidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-Lissamphibia
-Batrachia
orderSalientiaLaurenti 1768
orderAnura
familyMicrohylidae
Scientific NameMicrohylidae
Common Name(s) Microhylid Toads, Microhylid Frogs, Microhylids
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microhylidae

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Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Adelastes
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Albericus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Altigius
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Anodonthyla
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aphantophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Arcovomer
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Asterophrys
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Austrochaperina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Barygenys
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calluella
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Callulops
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Caluella
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Chaperina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Chiasmocleis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Choerophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cophixalus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cophyla
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Copiula
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ctenophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dasypops
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dermatonotus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Dyscophus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Elachistocleis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Engystoma
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gastrophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gastrophrynoides
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Genyophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Glyphoglossus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hamptophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hoplophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hylophorbus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hypopachus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Kalophrynus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Kaloula
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Liophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Madecassophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mantophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Melanobatrachus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Melanophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Metamagnusia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Metaphrynella
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Microhyla
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Micryletta
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mini
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Myersiella
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Nelsonophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Oreophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Otophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Oxydactyla
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paedophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paradoxophyla
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Parhoplophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pherohapsis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Phrynella
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Phrynocara
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Phrynomantis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Platypelis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Plethodontohyla
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ramanella
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Relictivomer
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Rhombophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Scaphiophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sphenophryne
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Stereocyclops
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Stumpffia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Synapturanus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Syncope
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Uperodon
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Xenorhina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Manthophryne neuhausii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

References

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de Mรฉxico, cambios taxonรณmicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2004: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004). - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Frost, Darrel R., 1997: null. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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