Adelophryne

Adelophryne mucronata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

Familia: Eleutherodactylidae
Subfamilia: Phyzelaphryninae
Genus: Adelophryne
Species (12): A. adiastola – A. amapaensis – A. baturitensis – A. glandulata – A. gutturosa – A. maranguapensis – A. meridionalis – A. michelin – A. mucronata – A. nordestina – A. pachydactyla – A. patamona

Name

Adelophryne Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1984: 92

• Type species: Adelophryne adiastola Hoogmoed & Lescure, 1984, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Hoogmoed, M.S. & Lescure, J. 1984. A new genus and two new species of minute leptodactylid frogs from northern South America, with comments upon Phyzelaphryne (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 58: 85–115.

Additional references

• MacCulloch, R.D., Lathrop, A., Kok, P.J.R., Minter, L.R., Khan, S.Z. & Barrio-Amorós, C.L. 2008. A new species of Adelophryne (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Guyana, with additional data on A. gutturosa. Zootaxa 1884(1): 36–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1884.1.2 Reference page. 
• Lourenço-de-Moraes, R., Ferreira R.B., Fouquet, A. & Bastos, R.P. 2014. A new diminutive frog species of Adelophryne (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from the Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3846(3): 348–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.3.2 Reference page. 
• Lourenço-de-Moraes, R., Dias, I.R., de Mira-Mendes, C.V., de Oliveira, R.M., Barth, A., Ruas, D.S., Vences, M., Solé, M., Bastos, R.P. 2018. Diversity of miniaturized frogs of the genus Adelophryne (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae): A new species from the Atlantic Forest of northeast Brazil. PLoS ONE 13(9): e0201781. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201781 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Shield Frogs