- Mertensophryne
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Mertensophryne Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Mertensophryne
Tihen, 1960Species See table.
Mertensophryne or "Snouted Frogs" is a genus of true toads native to Eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, southeastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique. Mertensophryne consists of species previously allocated to the genera Stephopaedes and Bufo, with just one species, Mertensophryne micranotis, occurring in the genus originally.
The genus consists of 14 speciesSpecies
Binomial Name and Author Common Name Mertensophryne anotis (Boulenger, 1907) Mashonaland Toad Mertensophryne howelli (Poynton and Clarke, 1999) Mrora Forest Toad Mertensophryne lindneri (Mertens, 1955) Dar-es-Salaam Toad Mertensophryne lonnbergi (Andersson, 1911) Lonberg's Toad Mertensophryne loveridgei (Poynton, 1991) Mahenge Toad Mertensophryne melanopleura (Schmidt and Inger, 1959) Kankunde Toad Mertensophryne micranotis (Loveridge, 1925) Loveridges Snouted Toad Mertensophryne mocquardi (Angel, 1924) Mocquards Toad Mertensophryne nairobiensis (Loveridge, 1932) Nairobi Toad Mertensophryne nyikae (Loveridge, 1953) Nyika Dwarf Toad Mertensophryne schmidti Grandison, 1972 Schmidt's Snouted Frog Mertensophryne taitana (Peters, 1878) Black-chested Dwarf Toad Mertensophryne usambarae (Poynton and Clarke, 1999) Usambara Forest Toad Mertensophryne uzunguensis (Loveridge, 1932) Uzungwe Toad References
- Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julia´ N Faivovich, Raoul H. Bain, Alexander Haas, Ce´ Lio F.B. Haddad, Rafael O. De Sa´ , Alan Channing, Mark Wilkinson, Stephen C. Donnellan, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Jonathan A. Campbell, Boris L. Blotto, Paul Moler, Robert C. Drewes, Ronald A. Nussbaum, John D. Lynch, David M. Green, And Ward C. Wheeler, 2006, The Amphibian Tree of Life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 297: 206 [1]
External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Mertensophryne. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 03, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Mertensophryne. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 03, 2008).
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