Rhombophryne

Rhombophryne
Rhombophryne coudreaui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Cophylinae
Genus: Rhombophryne
Boettger, 1880
Type species
Rhombophryne testudo
Boettger, 1880
Diversity
20 species

Rhombophryne is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar. It is currently estimated to include more than 23 species,[1][2] but only 20 of these are currently described.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The common name 'diamond frog' has been proposed[10] and used[2][7][11] for members of this genus.

  1. ^ a b Vieites, D. R.; K. C. Wollenberg; F. Andreone; J. Köhler; F. Glaw; M. Vences (2009). "Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory". PNAS. 106 (20): 8267–8272. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810821106. PMC 2688882. PMID 19416818.
  2. ^ a b c Scherz, Mark D.; Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel; Andreone, Franco; Crottini, Angelica (2016). "Two new species of terrestrial microhylid frogs (Microhylidae: Cophylinae: Rhombophryne) from northeastern Madagascar". Salamandra. 52 (2): 91–106.
  3. ^ Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar 3rd edition. Köln: M. Vences & F. Glaw Verlags GbR. ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7.
  4. ^ D'Cruze, N.; J. Köhler; M. Vences; F. Glaw (2010). "A New Fat Fossorial Frog (Microhylidae: Cophylinae: Rhombophryne) from the Rainforest of the Forêt d'Ambre Special Reserve, Northern Madagascar". Herpetologica. 66 (2): 182–191. doi:10.1655/09-008r1.1. S2CID 85378751.
  5. ^ Scherz, Mark D.; Ruthensteiner, Bernhard; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank (2014). "A new microhylid frog, genus Rhombophryne, from northeastern Madagascar, and a re-description of R. serratopalpebrosa using micro-computed tomography". Zootaxa. 3860 (6): 547–560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.3. PMID 25283290.
  6. ^ Scherz, Mark D.; Ruthensteiner, Bernhard; Vieites, David R.; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank (2015). "Two new microhylid frogs of the genus Rhombophryne with superciliary spines from the Tsaratanana Massif in northern Madagascar". Herpetologica. 71 (4): 310–321. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00048. S2CID 4288333.
  7. ^ a b Lambert, Shea M.; Hutter, Carl R.; Scherz, Mark D. (2017-02-24). "Diamond in the rough: a new species of fossorial diamond frog (Rhombophryne) from Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 93 (1): 143–155. doi:10.3897/zse.93.10188. ISSN 1860-0743.
  8. ^ Scherz, Mark D.; Hutter, Carl R.; Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Riemann, Jana C.; Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Ndriantsoa, Serge H.; Glos, Julian; Hyde Roberts, Sam; Crottini, Angelica (2019-03-27). Crowther, Mathew S. (ed.). "Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera". PLOS ONE. 14 (3): e0213314. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1413314S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213314. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6436692. PMID 30917162.
  9. ^ Scherz, Mark D. (2020-06-15). "Diamond frogs forever: a new species of Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880 (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from Montagne d'Ambre National Park, northern Madagascar". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 96 (2): 313–323. doi:10.3897/zse.96.51372. ISSN 1860-0743.
  10. ^ "Digging to Diamonds: common names in taxonomy and outreach". Mark D. Scherz, MSc. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Scherz17b was invoked but never defined (see the help page).