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Cophylinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Higher classification
  
Microhylidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Scientific name
  
Cophylinae

Rank
  
Subfamily

Cophylinae

Lower classifications
  
Plethodontohyla, Stumpffia, Cophyla, Anodonthyla, Platypelis barbouri

Cophylinae is a subfamily of microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar. It has over 70 species in eight genera.

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Genera

As of February 2017, the following genera are recognized:

  • Anilany Scherz, Vences, Rakotoarison, Andreone, Köhler, Glaw & Crottini, 2016 (monotypic)
  • Anodonthyla Müller, 1892 (11 species)
  • Cophyla Boettger, 1880 (6 species)
  • Madecassophryne Guibé, 1974 (monotypic)
  • Platypelis Boulenger, 1882 (13 species)
  • Plethodontohyla Boulenger, 1882 (9 species)
  • Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880 (17 species)
  • Stumpffia Boettger, 1881 (15 species)

    • Biology

    Cophylines are characterized by a derived mode of larval development: whereas most microhylids have a specialized filter-feeding tadpole, cophylines have non-feeding tadpoles that develop either in tree holes, terrestrial foam nests, or terrestrial jelly nests. Most cophylines have very simple advertisement calls, consisting of single melodious notes that are repeated after regular intervals and for long periods of time, usually lasting several minutes. Correlated to the reproductive mode of the various cophyline lineages is their arboreal versus terrestrial or fossorial ecology, and apparently, multiple evolutionary shifts between arboreal and terrestrial habits have occurred in this subfamily.

    References

    Cophylinae Wikipedia
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