Hylophorbus

Hylophorbus
Systematics
without rank:	Amphibians (Lissamphibia)
Order :	Frog (anura)
Subordination :	Neobatrachia
Family :	Narrow-mouth frogs (Microhylidae)
Subfamily :	Papuan narrow-mouth frogs (Asterophryinae)
Genre :	Hylophorbus
Scientific name
	Hylophorbus
	Macleay , 1878

Hylophorbus is an amphibian genus of the family -mouthed .

description

The pupils are horizontal. The tongue is large, oval, and more or less freely liftable at the back. Palatine teeth are missing. There are two transverse folds of skin in front of the entrance to the throat, the rear of which is serrated. The eardrum is visible. The fingers and toes are free and widened to form adhesive discs at the tips . The terminal phalanges are T-shaped. The precoracoid and omosternum are absent. The sternum is a cartilage plate. The transverse processes of the sacral vertebra are fairly widened.

Occurrence

The genus occurs only in New Guinea .

Systematics

The genus Hylophorbus was first described by William John Macleay in 1878 . It includes 12 types:

As of September 24, 2014.

Hylophorbus atrifasciatus Kraus, 2013
Hylophorbus infulatus (Doubt, 1972)
Hylophorbus nigrinus Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus picoides Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus proekes Kraus & Allison, 2009
Hylophorbus rainerguentheri Richards & Oliver, 2007
Hylophorbus richardsi Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus rufescens Macleay, 1878
Hylophorbus sextus Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus sigridae Günther, Richards & Dahl, 2014
Hylophorbus tetraphonus Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus wondiwoi Günther, 2001

Individual evidence

^ Fritz Nieden: Anura II. In: FE Schulze, W. Kükenthal, K. Heider (Ed.): The animal kingdom . Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin / Leipzig 1926, p. 57.
↑ ^a ^b Darrel R. Frost: Hylophorbus Macleay, 1878. In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (accessed February 28, 2014). (on-line)
^ Rainer Günther, SJ Richards, CS Dahl: Nine new species of microhylid frogs from the Muller Range in western Papua New Guinea (Anura, Microhylidae). In: Vertebrate Zoology. 64, May 2014, pp. 59-94.

Web links

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[Nieden-1] Fritz Nieden: Anura II. In: FE Schulze, W. Kükenthal, K. Heider (Ed.): The animal kingdom . Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin / Leipzig 1926, p. 57.

[ASW-2] Darrel R. Frost: Hylophorbus Macleay, 1878. In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (accessed February 28, 2014). (on-line)

[Günther_2014-3] Rainer Günther, SJ Richards, CS Dahl: Nine new species of microhylid frogs from the Muller Range in western Papua New Guinea (Anura, Microhylidae). In: Vertebrate Zoology. 64, May 2014, pp. 59-94.