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Adelophryne

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Phyzelaphryninae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Scientific name
  
Adelophryne

Higher classification
  
Order
  
Frog

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Lower classifications
  
Adelophryne maranguapensis, Adelophryne gutturosa, Adelophryne baturitensis, Adelophryne adiastola, Adelophryne pachydactyla

Adelophryne (common name: shield frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae. They are native to northern South America east of the Andes, roughly from the area corresponding to the Guiana Shield.

Species

As of 2014, there are eight species:

  • Adelophryne adiastola Hoogmoed and Lescure, 1984
  • Adelophryne baturitensis Hoogmoed, Borges, and Cascon, 1994
  • Adelophryne gutturosa Hoogmoed and Lescure, 1984
  • Adelophryne maranguapensis Hoogmoed, Borges, and Cascon, 1994
  • Adelophryne meridionalis Santana, Fonseca, Neves, and Carvalho, 2012
  • Adelophryne mucronatus Lourenço-de-Moraes, Solé, and Toledo, 2012
  • Adelophryne pachydactyla Hoogmoed, Borges, and Cascon, 1994
  • Adelophryne patamona MacCulloch, Lathrop, Kok, Minter, Khan, and Barrio-Amoros, 2008
  • References

    Adelophryne Wikipedia


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