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Paedophryne Kraus, 2010

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Paedophryne

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Paedophryne Kraus, 2010, ZooKeys, 48: 41. Type species: Paedophryne kathismaphlox Kraus, 2010, by original designation.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known from one mountains of southeastern Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province) and from one mountain on nearby Fergusson Island, D’Entrecasteaux Islands.

Comment

See comment under Cophixalus. Kraus, 2011, ZooKeys, 154: 77, provided a map of the four species known at the time. Rittmayer, Allison, Gründler, Thompson, and Austin, 2012, PLoS One, 7 (1: e29797): 1-11, discussed relationships of the taxon.

Contained taxa

  • Paedophryne amauensis Rittmayer, Allison, Gründler, Thompson, and Austin, 2012
  • Paedophryne dekot Kraus, 2011
  • Paedophryne kathismaphlox Kraus, 2010
  • Paedophryne oyatabu Kraus, 2010
  • Paedophryne swiftorum Rittmayer, Allison, Gründler, Thompson, and Austin, 2012
  • Paedophryne verrucosa Kraus, 2011

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