Paedophryne

Paedophryne kathismaphlox

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neobatrachia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Neobatrachia

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Asterophryinae
Genus: Paedophryne
Species (6): P. amauensis – P. dekot – P. kathismaphlox – P. oyatabu – P. swiftorum – 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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