Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Parapelophryne Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2003, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 28: 768. Type species: Nectophryne scalptus Liu and Hu, 1973, by original designation.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

As for the single species.

Comment

According to the original publication, Parapelophryne lacks the synapomorphies of Pelophryne. Smith and Chiszar, 2006, Herpetol. Conserv. Biol., 1: 6-8, implied that this taxon should be considered a subgenus of Bufo; see comment under Bufonidae. This taxon has not been included in any of the recent large-scale molecular studies of bufonid relationships so its phylogenetic position remains an open question.

Contained taxa

• Parapelophryne scalpta (Liu and Hu, 1973)

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