| Caligophryne | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Superfamily: | Hyloidea |
| Clade: | Brachycephaloidea |
| Family: | Caligophrynidae Fouquet et al, 2023 |
| Genus: | Caligophryne Fouquet et al, 2023 |
| Species: | C. doylei
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| Binomial name | |
| Caligophryne doylei Fouquet, Kok, Recoder, Prates, Camacho, Marques-Souza, Ghellere, McDiarmid, and Rodrigues, 2023
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Caligophryne is a genus of frog in the superfamily Hyloidea, clade Brachycephaloidea. It contains the single species C. doylei and is the only member of the family Caligophrynidae. It is endemic to the highest parts of the Cerro de la Neblina tepui on the border of Brazil and Venezuela.[1][2]
- ^ Fouquet, Antoine; Kok, Philippe J. R.; Recoder, Renato Sousa; Prates, Ivan; Camacho, Agustin; Marques-Souza, Sergio; Ghellere, José Mario; McDiarmid, Roy W.; Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut (2024-02-01). "Relicts in the mist: Two new frog families, genera and species highlight the role of Pantepui as a biodiversity museum throughout the Cenozoic". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 191: 107971. Bibcode:2024MolPE.19107971F. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107971. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 38000706.
- ^ Frost, Darrell. "Caligophryne doylei Fouquet, Kok, Recoder, Prates, Camacho, Marques-Souza, Ghellere, McDiarmid, and Rodrigues, 2023". Amphibian Species of the World 6.2, an Online Reference.