Kingdom Animalia Family Craugastoridae Scientific name Bryophryne Rank Genus | Class Amphibia Subfamily Holoadeninae Phylum Chordata Order Frog | |
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Similar Bryophryne cophites, Frog, Phrynopus, Psychrophrynella, Strabomantidae | ||
Bryophryne is a genus of craugastorid frogs. These frogs are endemic to southeastern Peru in the Cusco Region, with an undescribed species from the Puno Region. Their range is separated from that of Phrynopus by the ApurÃmac River valley.
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Taxonomy
Bryophryne was erected in 2008 to accommodate two species that were in Phrynopus at that time; subfamily Holoadeninae was erected at the same time and placed in Strabomantidae. However, Strabomantidae has been put in synonymy of Craugastoridae. Nevertheless, the AmphibiaWeb keeps Holoadeninae (and by implication, Bryophryne) in Strabomantidae.
Description
Bryophryne are smallish frogs, reaching maximum snout–vent length of 29.3 mm (1.15 in) in Bryophryne cophites. Head is narrower than the body. Differentiated tympanic membrane, tympanic annulus, columella, and cavum tympanicum are absent. Dorsum is finely areolate whereas venter is coarsly areolate.
Species
There are eight species in this genus: