Cophylinae

Anilany helenae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Cophylinae
Genera (9): Anilany – Anodonthyla – Cophyla – Madecassophryne – Mini – Platypelis – Plethodontohyla – Rhombophryne – Stumpffia

Name

Cophylinae Cope, 1889

• Type genus: Cophyla Boettger, 1880.

Synonymy

• Cophylidae Cope, 1889: 248
• Rhombophryninae Noble, 1931: 529
  • Type genus: Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880.
• Cophylinae — Parker, 1934: 10, 32
• Cophylidae — Bossuyt & Roelants, 2009: 358

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1889. Batrachia of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 34: 5–525.
• Noble, G.K. 1931. The Biology of the Amphibia. McGraw-Hill: New York and London.
• Parker, H.W. 1934. A Monograph of the Frogs of the Family Microhylidae. Trustees of the British Museum: London.

Additional references

• Bossuyt, F. & Roelants, K. 2009. Anura. Pp. 357–364 In: Hedges, S. B. & Kumar, S. (Ed.). The Timetree of Life. Oxford University Press: New York.
• Scherz, M.D., Vences, M., Rakotoarison, A., Andreone, F., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Crottini, A. 2016. Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 372–381. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.019 Reference page. 
• Scherz, M.D., Hutter, C.R., Rakotoarison, A., Riemann, J.C., Rödel, M.-O., Ndriantsoa, S.H., Glos, J., Roberts, S.H., Crottini, A., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2019. Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera. PLoS One 14(3): e0213314. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213314 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Madagascar Frogs

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