Metaphryniscus Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994
Metaphryniscus Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994, Publ. Asoc. Amigos Doñana, 3: 18. Type species: Metaphryniscus sosai Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994, by original designation.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Tepuy Marahuaca Sur, state of Amazonas, Venezuela.
Comment
Intermediate between Osornophryne and Oreophrynella according to the original publication. Barrio-Amorós, 1999 "1998", Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 5-7, and Barrio-Amorós, 2004, Rev. Ecol. Latino Am., 9: 5, reported on literature and distribution for the species in Venezuela. This taxon has not been included in any of the recent large-scaled studies of bufonid relationships.
Contained taxa
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