Rhombophryne
| Rhombophryne | |
|---|---|
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| Rhombophryne coudreaui | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Cophylinae |
| Genus: | Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880 |
| Type species | |
| Rhombophryne testudo Boettger, 1880 | |
| Diversity | |
| 16 species | |
Rhombophryne is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar. It is currently estimated to include more than 20 species,[1][2] but only 16 of these are currently described.[1][2][3][4][5][6] At least one species group, the R. serratopalpebrosa group, is recognised, containing members of the genus that possess superciliary spines (spines above the eyes).[6]
Taxonomy
The genus Rhombophryne was monotypic until 2005, containing just R. testudo Boettger, 1880. However, in 2005 Andreone et al.[7] showed that the genus Plethodontohyla was paraphyletic with respect to this genus. Several species were therefore transferred to this genus by Glaw and Vences in 2007[3] and Wollenberg et al. in 2008.[8] In 2015/2016, Peloso et al.[9] re-analysed the genetic relationships of the Microhylidae using partial genomic data. They propose the synonymy of Stumpffia with Rhombophryne because these genera were found to be paraphyletic. However, in 2016 Scherz et al.[10] re-analysed their data with new data—including osteology and external morphology. They found strong support for these groups being ecologically distinct, non-synonymous sister taxa. To accommodate this, however, they established a new genus, Anilany for a species that would otherwise have rendered Stumpffia paraphyletic.[10]
Species
- Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901)
- Rhombophryne botabota Scherz, Glaw, Vences, Andreone & Crottini, 2016
- Rhombophryne coudreaui (Angel, 1938)
- Rhombophryne guentherpetersi (Guibé, 1974)
- Rhombophryne laevipes (Mocquard, 1895)
- Rhombophryne minuta (Guibé, 1975)
- Rhombophryne longicrus Scherz, Rakotoarison, Hawlitschek, Vences & Glaw, 2015
- Rhombophryne mangabensis Glaw, Köhler & Vences, 2010
- Rhombophryne savaka Scherz, Glaw, Vences, Andreone & Crottini, 2016
- Rhombophryne matavy D'Cruze, Köhler, Vences & Glaw, 2010
- Rhombophryne testudo Boettger, 1880
- Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa (Guibé, 1975)
- Rhombophryne coronata (Vences and Glaw, 2003)
- Rhombophryne vaventy Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Vences & Glaw, 2014
- Rhombophryne ornata Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Vieites, Vences & Glaw, 2015
- Rhombophryne tany Scherz, Ruthensteiner, Vieites, Vences & Glaw, 2015
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References
- 1 2 Vieites, D. R.; K. C. Wollenberg; F. Andreone; J. Köhler; F. Glaw; M. Vences (2009). "Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory". PNAS. 106 (20): 8267–8272. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810821106.
- 1 2 Scherz, Mark D.; Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel; Andreone, Franco; Crottini, Angelica (2016). "Two new species of terrestrial microhylid frogs (Microhylidae: Cophylinae: Rhombophryne) from northeastern Madagascar". Salamandra. 52 (2): 91–106.
- 1 2 Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar 3rd edition. Köln: M. Vences & F. Glaw Verlags GbR. ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7.
- ↑ D'Cruze, N.; J. Köhler; M. Vences; F. Glaw (2010). "A New Fat Fossorial Frog (Microhylidae: Cophylinae: Rhombophryne) from the Rainforest of the Forêt d'Ambre Special Reserve, Northern Madagascar". Herpetologica. 66 (2): 182–191. doi:10.1655/09-008r1.1.
- ↑ Scherz, Mark D.; Ruthensteiner, Bernhard; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank (2014). "A new microhylid frog, genus Rhombophryne, from northeastern Madagascar, and a re-description of R. serratopalpebrosa using micro-computed tomography". Zootaxa. 3860 (6): 547–560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.3.
- 1 2 Scherz, Mark D.; Ruthensteiner, Bernhard; Vieites, David R.; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank (2015). "Two new microhylid frogs of the genus Rhombophryne with superciliary spines from the Tsaratanana Massif in northern Madagascar". Herpetologica. 71: 310–321. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00048.
- ↑ Andreone, Franco; Vences, Miguel; Vieites, David R.; Glaw, Frank; Meyer, Axel (2005). "Recurrent ecological adaptations revelaed through a molecular analysis of the secretive cophyline frogs of Madagascar". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34: 315–322. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.013.
- ↑ Wollenberg, K. C.; Vieites, D. R.; van der Meijden, A.; Glaw, F.; Cannatella, D. C.; Vences, M. (2008). "Patterns of endemism and species richness in Malagasy cophyline frogs support a key role of mountainous areas for speciation". Evolution. 62: 1890–1907. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00420.x.
- ↑ Peloso, P. L. V.; Frost, D. R.; Richards, S. J.; Rodrigues, M. T.; Donnellan, S.; Matsui, M.; Raxworhty, C. J.; Biju, S. D.; Lemmon, E. M.; Lemmon, A. R.; Wheeler, W. C. (2016). "The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae)". Cladistics. 32: 113–140. doi:10.1111/cla.12118.
- 1 2 Scherz, Mark D.; Vences, Miguel; Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Andreone, Franco; Köhler, Jörn; Glaw, Frank; Crottini, Angelica (2016). "Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100: 372–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.019.