Nannophryne

Nannophryne is a small genus of true toads, family Bufonidae,[1][2][3] from South America. They are found in central Andean Peru south to southern Chile and adjacent Argentina.[1]

Nannophryne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Nannophryne
Günther, 1870
Type species
Nannophryne variegata
Günther, 1870
Diversity
4 species (see text)

Taxonomy

The genus was placed in synonymy with Bufo by George Albert Boulenger in 1894,[1] but it was resurrected in 2006 by Frost when splitting the then very large Bufo into smaller, monophyletic genera.[4] This change was controversial but has now largely been accepted.[2][3][5] The alternative, treating Nannophryne as a subgenus of Bufo, still has some following.[1]

Species

There are four species in this genus:[1][2]

References
  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Nannophryne Günther, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. "Bufonidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. "Bufonidae Gray, 1825". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. Frost, D. R.; Grant, T.; Faivovich, J. N.; Bain, R. H.; Haas, A.; Haddad, C. L. F. B.; De Sá, R. O.; Channing, A.; Wilkinson, M.; Donnellan, S. C.; Raxworthy, C. J.; Campbell, J. A.; Blotto, B. L.; Moler, P.; Drewes, R. C.; Nussbaum, R. A.; Lynch, J. D.; Green, D. M.; Wheeler, W. C. (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 297: 1–291. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5781.
  5. Blackburn, D.C.; Wake, D.B. (2011). "Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 39–55.


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