Oxydactyla
| Oxydactyla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Asterophryinae |
| Genus: | Oxydactyla Van Kampen, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Oxydactyla brevicrus Van Kampen, 1913
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| Species | |
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4 (see text) | |
Oxydactyla is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea[1][2] and occur in montane areas, at elevations of 1,800–4,000 m (5,900–13,100 ft) above sea level.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus was removed from the synonymy of Sphenophryne by Richard Zweifel in 2000.[1][2] In 2016, molecular data showed that Oxydactyla alpestris belongs to Copiula. Whether the remaining Oxydactyla are a monophyletic group remains unknown.[3]
Description
Oxydactyla are small, short-legged frogs. The maximum size is 32 mm (1.3 in) snout–vent length. Males can mature as small as 19 mm (0.75 in) SVL. They lack finger discs; finger tips are usually narrow and rounded, at most slightly flattened.[2]
Species
There are at present four species in this genus:[1]
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Oxydactyla brevicrus Van Kampen, 1913 | Hellwig Land Frog |
| Oxydactyla coggeri Zweifel, 2000 | |
| Oxydactyla crassa (Zweifel, 1956) | |
| Oxydactyla stenodactyla Zweifel, 2000 |
The AmphibiaWeb[4] also includes Oxydactyla alpestris that Peloso and colleagues moved to Copiula in 2016.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Oxydactyla Van Kampen, 1913". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d Zweifel, R. G. (2000). "Partition of the Australopapuan microhylid frog genus Sphenophryne with descriptions of new species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 253: 1–130.
- ^ a b Peloso, Pedro L.V.; Frost, Darrel R.; Richards, Stephen J.; Rodrigues, Miguel T.; Donnellan, Stephen; Matsui, Masafumi; Raxworthy, Cristopher J.; Biju, S.D.; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Lemmon, Alan R.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2016). "The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae)". Cladistics. 32 (2): 113–140. doi:10.1111/cla.12118.
- ^ "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.