Hylophorbus Macleay, 1878
Hylophorbus Macleay, 1878, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 2: 136. Type species: Hylophorbus rufescens Macleay, 1878, by monotypy.
Metopostira Méhely, 1901, Termés. Füzetek, 24: 189, 238. Type species: Metopostira ocellata Méhely, 1901, by monotypy. Synonymy by Van Kampen, 1919, Bijdr. Dierkd., 21: 53; Zweifel, 1972, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 148: 449.
English Names
Mawatta Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 90).
Distribution
New Guinea.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Asterophrys by Zweifel, 1972, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 148: 449, where it had been placed by Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 58. Günther, 2001, Russ. J. Herpetol., 8: 81-104, provided cogent accounts and comparisons. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 247-252, discussed systematic issues within Hylophorbus and provided brief accounts. Köhler and Günther, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 47: 353-365, suggested on the basis of molecular evidence that Hylophorbus is monophyletic and the sister taxon of a group of "Callulops" including Callulops major.
Contained taxa
- Hylophorbus nigrinus Günther, 2001
- Hylophorbus picoides Günther, 2001
- Hylophorbus proekes Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Hylophorbus rainerguentheri Richards and Oliver, 2007
- Hylophorbus richardsi Günther, 2001
- Hylophorbus rufescens Macleay, 1878
- Hylophorbus sextus Günther, 2001
- Hylophorbus tetraphonus Günther, 2001
- Hylophorbus wondiwoi Günther, 2001
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