Niceforonia

Niceforonia
Niceforonia adenobrachia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Genus: Niceforonia
Goin and Cochran, 1963
Type species
Niceforonia nana
Goin and Cochran, 1963
Diversity
See text)
Synonyms[1]
  • Isodactylus Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008
  • Hypodactylus Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008

Niceforonia is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae found in northern South America (from central Peru to Ecuador and Colombia).[2][3] The name refers to Nicéforo María, Colombian herpetologist.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Niceforonia Goin and Cochran, 1963". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b Hedges, S. B.; Duellman, W. E. & Heinicke, M. P. (2008). "New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1737: 1–182. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1.