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Mertensophryne

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Mertensophryne

Higher classification
  
True toad

Order
  
Frog

Family
  
Bufonidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
True toad, Amphibians, Frog, Poyntonophrynus, Nectophrynoides

Mertensophryne, the snouted frogs, is a genus of true toads native to Eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, southeastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique. Mertensophryne consists of species previously allocated to the genera Stephopaedes and Bufo, with just one species, Mertensophryne micranotis, occurring in the genus originally. There are 14 species.

References

Mertensophryne Wikipedia