Otophryne

Otophryne
	Otophryne pyburni in French Guiana
Systematics
without rank:	Amphibians (Lissamphibia)
Order :	Frog (anura)
Subordination :	Neobatrachia
Family :	Narrow-mouth frogs (Microhylidae)
Subfamily :	Otophryninae
Genre :	Otophryne
Scientific name
	Otophryne
	Boulenger , 1900

Otophryne is an amphibian genus of the family -mouthed .

description

The pupils are round. The tongue is large, trimmed at the back and can be lifted off freely. Palatine teeth are missing. There are two serrated skin folds in front of the throat. The eardrum is very clearly visible. The fingers are free, the toes of the base by webbed connected. However, these do not intervene between the metatarses of the 4th and 5th toes. The tips of the fingers and toes are thickened. The precoracoid are present but poorly developed. The sternum is cartilaginous. The transverse processes of the sacral vertebra are fairly widened.

Occurrence

The genus occurs from eastern Colombia through Venezuela and Guayana to neighboring Brazil .

Systematics

The genus Otophryne was first described in 1900 by George Albert Boulenger . It includes 3 types:

Status: October 12, 2015

Otophryne pyburni Campbell and Clarke, 1998
Otophryne robusta Boulenger, 1900
Otophryne steyermarki Rivero, 1968

Individual evidence

^ Fritz Nieden: Anura II . In: FE Schulze, W. Kükenthal, K. Heider (Ed.): Das Tierreich . Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin and Leipzig 1926, p. 73.
^ ^A ^b Darrel R. Frost: Otophryne Boulenger, 1900 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0 (accessed March 2, 2014). ( online ).

Web links

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[Nieden-1] Fritz Nieden: Anura II . In: FE Schulze, W. Kükenthal, K. Heider (Ed.): Das Tierreich . Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin and Leipzig 1926, p. 73.

[ASW-2] A ^b Darrel R. Frost: Otophryne Boulenger, 1900 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0 (accessed March 2, 2014). ( online ).