Sphenophryne
Sign in to saveSphenophryne is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae from New Guinea. It reached its current composition in 2017 when Rivera and colleagues brought the genera Genyophryne, Liophryne, and Oxydactyla into synonymy of the then-monotypic Sphenophryne. However, the AmphibiaWeb continues to recognize these genera as valid.
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- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Asterophryinae
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- taxon common name
- Land Frogs
- taxon name
- Sphenophryne
- Commons category
- Sphenophryne
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Sphenophryne
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Sphenophryne is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae from New Guinea. It reached its current composition in 2017 when Rivera and colleagues brought the genera Genyophryne, Liophryne, and Oxydactyla into synonymy of the then-monotypic Sphenophryne. However, the AmphibiaWeb continues to recognize these genera as valid.
==Species== There are 14 species:
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