Ophryophryne

Ophryophryne elfina

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: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Megophryinae
Genus: Ophryophryne
Species (7): O. elfina – O. gerti – O. hansi – O. microstoma – O. pachyproctus – O. poilani – O. synoria

Name

Ophryophryne Boulenger, 1903: 186

• Type species: Ophryophryne microstoma Boulenger, 1903, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Descriptions of three new batrachians from Tonkin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 12: 186–188.

Additional references

• Chen, J.-M., Zhou, W.-W., Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Stuart, B.L., Brown, R.M., Lathrop, A., Wang, Y.-Y., Yuan, Z.-Y., Jiang, K., Hou, M., Chen, H.-M., Suwannapoom, C., Nguyen, S.N., Duong, T.V., Papenfuss, T.J., Murphy, R.W., Zhang, Y.-P. & Che, J. 2017. A novel multilocus phylogenetic estimation reveals unrecognized diversity in Asian horned toads, genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 28–43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.004 Reference page. 
• Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Duong, T.V., Orlov, N.L., Gogoleva, S.S., Vassilieva, A.B., Nguyen, L.T., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, S.N., Che, J. & Mahony, S. 2017. Molecular, morphological and acoustic assessment of the genus Ophryophryne (Anura, Megophryidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with description of a new species. ZooKeys 672: 49–120. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.672.10624. Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Liu, Z.-Y., Huang, Y.-Q., Li, W.-Z. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2021. Four new species of Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern China, with discussion on the recognition of Panophrys as a distinct genus. Zootaxa 4927(1): 9–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.2 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Qi, S., Wang, J., Zhang, S.-Y., Zhao, J., Zeng, Z.-C., Wan, H., Yang, J.-H., Mo, Y.-M. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2023. Generic classification of Asian horned toads (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae) and monograph of Chinese species. Zoological Research 44(2): 380–450. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.372 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mountains Toads

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