Tukeit Hill frog

Tukeit Hill frogs
Allophryne ruthveni. Amapá, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Superfamily: Hyloidea
Family: Allophrynidae
Savage, 1973
Genus: Allophryne
Gaige, 1926
Species
Distribution of A. ruthveni (in black)

The Tukeit Hill frogs are three species of frog in the genus Allophryne.[1][2][3] Originally erected for the species Allophryne ruthveni, the genus was placed as the only member of the subfamily Allophryninae, which was in turn placed in the family Centrolenidae,[4] but they are now considered as the only genus in the monotypic family Allophrynidae.[1][2]

These frogs live in Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil and Bolivia. The holotype was discovered at Tukeit Hill, below Kaieteur Falls, Guyana, hence the common English name.

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  3. ^ Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher; Pedro E. Peréz-Peña; Jose M. Padial & Juan M. Guayasamin (2012). "A second species of the family Allophrynidae (Amphibia, Anura)". American Museum Novitates (3739): 1–17. doi:10.1206/3739.2. hdl:2246/6165. S2CID 83498000.
  4. ^ Frost, Darrel R.; Grant, Taran; Faivovich, Julián; Bain, Raoul H.; Haas, Alexander; Haddad, Celio F. B.; De Sa, Rafael O.; Channing, A.; Wilkinson, Mark; Donnellan, Stephen C.; Raxworthy, Christopher J.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Blotto, Boris L.; Moler, Paul; Drewes, Robert C.; Nussbaum, Ronald A.; Lynch, John D.; Green, David M. & Wheeler, Ward C. (2006): The Amphibian Tree of Life]. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1-370. PDF fulltext