Microhylidae

Hypopachus variolosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamiliae: Adelastinae – Asterophryinae – Cophylinae – Dyscophinae – Gastrophryninae – Hoplophryninae – Kalophryninae – Melanobatrachinae – Microhylinae – Otophryninae – Phrynomerinae – Scaphiophryninae

Name

Microhylidae Günther, 1858

Type genus: Microhyla Tschudi, 1838

Synonyms

• Hylaedactyli Fitzinger, 1843
• Gastrophrynae Fitzinger, 1843
• Hylaedactylidae — Bonaparte, 1850
• Hylaedactylina — Bonaparte, 1850
• Micrhylidae Günther, 1858
• Michrylidae — Fatio, 1872
• Hylaedactylida — Knauer, 1883
• Engystomatidarum Boulenger, 1887
• Gastrophrynidae — Metcalf, 1923
• Gastrophryninae — Metcalf, 1923
• Kalophryninae — Noble, 1931
• Microhylinae — Noble, 1931
• Cacopinae Noble, 1931
• Kaloulinae Noble, 1931
• Kaloulidae — Parker, 1934
• Microhylidae — Parker, 1934
• Microhyloidea — Laurent, 1967
• Otophryninae Wassersug & Pyburn
• Microhyloidae — Dubois, 1992
• Gastrophrynini — Dubois, 2005
• Microhylini — Dubois, 2005

References

• Anstis, M. et al. 2011: Direct development in some Australopapuan microhylid frogs of the genera Austrochaperina, Cophixalus and Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 3052: 1–50. Preview
• Günther, 1858, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858: 346.
• Wassersug, R. & Pyburn, W.P. 1987. The biology of the Pe-ret' toad, Otophryne robusta (Microhylidae), with special consideration of its fossorial larva and systematic relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 91(2): 137–169. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1987.tb01726.x Reference page. 
• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Microhylidae access date 12 June 2008
• Taucce, P.P.G., Costa-Campos, C.E., Carvalho, T.R. de & Michalski, F. 2022. Anurans (Amphibia: Anura) of the Brazilian state of Amapá, eastern Amazonia: species diversity and knowledge gaps. European Journal of Taxonomy 836(1): 96–130. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.836.1919 Reference page.  [as Microhylidae p. 118–119]

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Engmaulfrösche
• English: Narrow-mouthed Toads
• 日本語: ヒメアマガエル科
• 한국어: 맹꽁이과
• ไทย: อึ่ง, อึ่งอ่าง

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