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Syncope (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Subfamily
  
Gastrophryninae

Higher classification
  
Microhylinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Microhylidae

Scientific name
  
Syncope

Rank
  
Genus

Lower classifications
  
Syncope antenori, Syncope tridactyla, Syncope carvalhoi

Syncope is a genus of microhylid frogs. Their common name is silent frogs (though species transferred from Chiasmocleis are called humming frogs). They occur in northern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, possibly Bolivia).

Species

There are eight species:

References

Syncope (genus) Wikipedia