Siamophryne

Siamophryne is a genus of frog found in Thailand. It is monotypic, consisting of only one species, the Tenasserim cave frog (Siamophryne troglodytes).[1] Its closest relative is the genus Vietnamophryne.

Siamophryne
A male Siamophryne troglodytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Asterophryinae
Genus: Siamophryne
Suwannapoom, Sumontha, Tunprasert, Ruangsuwan, Pawangkhanant, Korost & Poyarkov, 2018
Species:
S. troglodytes
Binomial name
Siamophryne troglodytes
(Gray, 1841)

The genus Siamophryne was first described by Suwannapoom, et al. (2018).[2]

Ecology

S. troglodytes is known only from a single limestone cave system in Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand. There are several species of guano-producing bats inhabiting the cave system. The ecology of the cave is affected by local guano mining.[2]

Evolutionary history

The basal positions of the genera Vietnamophryne and Siamophryne within the subfamily Asterophryinae point to the origin of the subfamily in Indochina, with dispersals into Australasia occurring subsequently.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Siamophryne". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. Suwannapoom C, Sumontha M, Tunprasert J, Ruangsuwan T, Pawangkhanant P, Korost DV, Poyarkov NA (2018). "A striking new genus and species of cave-dwelling frog (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae: Asterophryinae) from Thailand". PeerJ. 6: e4422. doi:10.7717/peerj.4422. PMC 5828679. PMID 29497587.


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