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Stumpffia
Sign in to saveStumpffia is a genus of microhylid frogs that are endemic to Madagascar. They are mostly brown frogs that typically live among leaf litter. S. contumelia has a snout–vent length of about , making it one of the world's smallest frogs, and several others in the genus are only slightly larger. The largest species is no more than .
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyMicrohylidae
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Stumpffia is a genus of microhylid frogs that are endemic to Madagascar. They are mostly brown frogs that typically live among leaf litter. S. contumelia has a snout–vent length of about , making it one of the world's smallest frogs, and several others in the genus are only slightly larger. The largest species is no more than .
The majority of the species have only been described since 2010. Each species has a small range and many are seriously threatened.