Allophryne Gaige, 1926
Allophryne Gaige, 1926, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 176: 1. Type species: Allophryne ruthveni Gaige, 1926, by original designation.
English Names
Tukeit Hill Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 36).
Distribution
Non-montane southern Venezuela, through Guyana and Surinam to central Brazil (Rondonia, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, northern Mato Grosso, and Roraima), and possibly into adjacent Bolivia; expected in adjacent eastern Colombia.
Comment
See comment under Allophrynidae.
Contained taxa
- Allophryne resplendens Castroviejo-Fisher, Pérez-Peña, Padial, and Guayasamin, 2012
- Allophryne ruthveni Gaige, 1926
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