Rhombophryne
Encyclopedia
Rhombophryne is a genus
of microhylid
frog
s endemic to Madagascar
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of microhylid
Microhylidae
Microhylidae is a geographically widespread family of frogs. There are 413 species in 69 genera and nine subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family.-Description:...
frog
Frog
Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...
s endemic to Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
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Species
- Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901)
- Rhombophryne coronata (Vences and Glaw, 2003)
- Rhombophryne coudreaui (Angel, 1938)
- Rhombophryne guentherpetersi (Guibé, 1974)
- Rhombophryne laevipes (Mocquard, 1895)
- Rhombophryne minuta (Guibé, 1975)
- Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa (Guibé, 1975)
- Rhombophryne testudoRhombophryne testudoRhombophryne testudo is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations , and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss....
- Rhombophryne cf. laevipes 'Tsingy de Bemaraha'