Paedophryne

Paedophryne kathismaphlox

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: Asterophryinae
Genus: Paedophryne
Species (7): P. amauensis – P. dekot – P. kathismaphlox – P. oyatabu – P. swiftorum – P. titan – P. verrucosa

Name

• Paedophryne Kraus, 2010
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Paedophryne kathismaphlox Kraus, 2010
    • Fixation: original designation

Distribution

Map of localities from which Paedophryne specimens have been described. Red: P. amauensis, orange: P. dekot, yellow: P. kathismaphlox, purple: P. oyatabu, blue: P. swiftorum, cyan: P. verrucosa

Paedophryne specimens have been described from several localities in South-Eastern Papua-New Guinea, mostly along the Owen Stanley Range.

References

Primary references

• Kraus, F. 2010: New genus of diminutive microhylid frogs from Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys, 48: 39–59. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.48.446

Additional references

• Kraus, F. 2011: At the lower size limit for tetrapods, two new species of the miniaturized frog genus Paedophryne (Anura, Microhylidae). ZooKeys, 154: 71–88. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.154.1963
• Rittmeyer, E. N., Allison, A., Gründler, M. C., Thompson, D. K., Austin, C. C. 2012: Ecological Guild Evolution and the Discovery of the World's Smallest Vertebrate PLoS ONE, 7 (1): e29797. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029797

Links

• ION [needs update]
• Nomenclator Zoologicus [no record]

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