Dyscophus Grandidier, 1872

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Dyscophinae > Genus: Dyscophus
3 species

Dyscophus Grandidier, 1872, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, Ser. 5, 15: 10. Type species: Dyscophus insularis Grandidier, 1872, by monotypy.

DiscophusGuibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 92. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

English Names

Tomato Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 89).

Distribution

Madagascar.

Comment

See Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 92-95, Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 38-46, and Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 116-117, for accounts.

Contained taxa (3 sp.):

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