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Otophryne Boulenger, 1900

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Otophryninae > Genus: Otophryne

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Otophryne Boulenger, 1900, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Ser. 2, 8: 55. Type species: Otophryne robusta Boulenger, 1900, by original designation.

English Names

Pancake Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 91).

Distribution

Eastern Colombia and Guianan Venezuela to French Guiana and adjacent Brazil.

Comment

Reviewed by Campbell and Clarke, 1998, Herpetologica, 54: 301-317. MacCulloch, Lathrop, Minter, and Khan, 2008, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 48: 247-261, reviewed the species.

Contained taxa

  • Otophryne pyburni Campbell and Clarke, 1998
  • Otophryne robusta Boulenger, 1900
  • Otophryne steyermarki Rivero, 1968

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