Mantophryne is a genus of microhylid frogs.[1][2] The genus is found in New Guinea, Louisiade Archipelago, and Woodlark Island.[1][3]
| Mantophryne | |
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| Male Mantophryne insignis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Asterophryinae |
| Genus: | Mantophryne Boulenger, 1897 |
| Species | |
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5 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pherohapsis Zweifel, 1972 | |
Species edit
There are five recognized species:[1][2]
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
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| Mantophryne axanthogaster Kraus and Allison, 2009 | |
| Mantophryne insignis Günther and Richards, 2016[3] | |
| Mantophryne lateralis Boulenger, 1897 | Victoria archipelago frog |
| Mantophryne louisiadensis (Parker, 1934) | Louisiade archipelago frog |
| Mantophryne menziesi (Zweifel, 1972) | Iarowari School frog |
References edit
- ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Mantophryne Boulenger, 1897". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ a b Günther, Rainer & Richards, Stephen (2016). "Description of a striking new Mantophryne species (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 92 (1): 111–118. doi:10.3897/zse.92.7629.
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