Rhombophryne

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
Genus: Rhombophryne
Species (20): R. botabota – R. coronata – R. coudreaui – R. diadema – R. ellae – R. guentherpetersi – R. laevipes – R. longicrus – R. mangabensis – R. matavy – R. minuta – R. nilevina – R. ornata – R. proportionalis – R. regalis – R. savaka – R. serratopalpebrosa – R. tany – R. testudo – R. vaventy

Name

Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880: 567

Type species: Rhombophryne testudo Boettger, 1880, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Boettger, O. 1880. Diagnoses Batrachiorum novorum insulae Madagascar. Zoologischer Anzeiger 3: 567–568. BHL

Additional references

Glaw, F., Köhler, J. & Vences, M. 2010. A new fossorial frog, genus Rhombophryne, from Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve, Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 235–243. DOI: 10.1002/zoos.201000006 Reference page.
Scherz, M.D., Ruthensteiner, B., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2014. A new microhylid frog, genus Rhombophryne, from northeastern Madagascar, and a re-description of R. serratopalpebrosa using micro-computed tomography. Zootaxa 3860(6): 547–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.3 Reference page.
Scherz, M.D., Ruthensteiner, B., Vieites, D.R., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2015. Two new microhylid frogs of the genus Rhombophryne with superciliary spines from the Tsaratanana Massif in northern Madagascar. Herpetologica 71(2): 310–321. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00048 Reference page.
Scherz, M.D., Rakotoarison, A., Hawlitschek, O., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2015. Leaping towards a saltatorial lifestyle? An unusually long-legged new species of Rhombophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(2): 105–114. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.4979 Reference page.
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., Glaw, F., Vences, M., Andreone, F. & Crottini, A. 2016. Two new species of terrestrial microhylid frogs (Microhylidae: Cophylinae: Rhombophryne) from northeastern Madagascar. Salamandra 52(2): 91–106. PDF Reference page.
Lambert, S.M., Hutter, C.R. & Scherz, M.D. 2017. Diamond in the rough: a new species of fossorial diamond frog (Rhombophryne) from Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 143–155. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.10188 Reference page.
Scherz, M.D., Hawlitschek, O., Andreone, F., Rakotoarison, A., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2017. A review of the taxonomy and osteology of the Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa species group (Anura: Microhylidae) from Madagascar, with comments on the value of volume rendering of micro-CT data to taxonomists. Zootaxa 4273(3): 301–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.1 Reference page.
Tu, N., Yang, M.-H., Liang, D. & Zhang, P. 2018. A large-scale phylogeny of Microhylidae inferred from a combined dataset of 121 genes and 427 taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126: 85–91. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.036 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.
Scherz, M.D. 2020. Diamond frogs forever: a new species of Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880 (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from Montagne d’Ambre National Park, northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 313–323. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.51372 Reference page.
Belluardo, F., Scherz, M.D., Santos, B., Andreone, F., Antonelli, A., Glaw, F., Muñoz-Pajares, A.J., Randrianirina, J.E., Raselimanana, A.P., Vences, M. & Crottini, A. 2022. Molecular taxonomic identification and species level phylogeny of the narrow-mouthed frogs of the genus Rhombophryne (Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae) from Madagascar. Systematics and Biodiversity 20(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2039320 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Burrowing Frogs, Diamond Frogs