Turn-necked frogs

Turn-necked frogs
	Phrynomantis microps
Systematics
without rank:	Amphibians (Lissamphibia)
Order :	Frog (anura)
Subordination :	Neobatrachia
Family :	Narrow-mouth frogs (Microhylidae)
Subfamily :	Phrynomerinae
Genre :	Turn-necked frogs
Scientific name of the subfamily
	Phrynomerinae
	Noble , 1931
Scientific name of the genus
	Phrynomantis
	Peters , 1867

Phrynomantis bifasciatus , running

Reversible- necked frogs ( Phrynomantis ) are a genus of the narrow-mouthed frog family . It is the only genus of the subfamily Phrynomerinae .

description

The pupils are rounded; both the vertical and the horizontal diameter can predominate. The tongue is large, elongated, incised at the back and freely liftable. Palatine teeth are missing. On the palate there is a membranous cross fold between the choanas. The eardrum is not or only weakly visible. The fingers and toes are not webbed. The tips of the fingers and toes are more or less distended or widened to form distinct adhesive discs. The terminal phalanges are T-shaped and bony. The precoracoid and the omosternum are absent. The sternum is cartilaginous. The transverse processes of the sacral vertebra are greatly widened.

Occurrence

The genus occurs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Systematics

The genus Phrynomantis was first described by Wilhelm Peters in 1867 . It is the only genus of the subfamily Phrynomerinae Noble, 1931. It comprises 5 species:

As of December 12, 2017

Phrynomantis affinis Boulenger, 1901
Phrynomantis annectens Werner, 1910
Phrynomantis bifasciatus (Smith, 1847)
Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875
Phrynomantis somalicus (Scortecci, 1941)

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. 12.
↑ ^a ^b Darrel R. Frost: Phrynomantis Peters, 1867 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1998-2017, accessed December 12, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Phrynomantis - collection of images, videos and audio files

Darrel R. Frost: Phrynomantis Peters, 1867 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1998-2017, accessed December 12, 2017.

[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. 12.

[ASW-2] Darrel R. Frost: Phrynomantis Peters, 1867 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1998-2017, accessed December 12, 2017.