Choerophryne
| Choerophryne | |
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| Choerophryne murrita | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Asterophryinae |
| Genus: | Choerophryne van Kampen, 1914 |
| Species | |
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37 (see text) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Choerophryne is a genus of microhylid frogs, commonly known as Torricelli mountain frogs, endemic to New Guinea.[1] These frogs are small, with the body length measured from snout to vent between 11 and 23 mm.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics[edit]
The distinction between Choerophryne and the former genus Albericus was based solely on the orientation of the alary processes of the premaxillae, giving the former its distinctive snout. In 2013 a new Choerophryne species was described with an orientation intermediate between the two genera, suggesting Albericus is likely a junior synonym of Choerophryne.[2] Formal synonymisation of the two genera was suggested by Peloso and colleagues in 2016 based on molecular evidence.[3]
Etymology[edit]
The genus name of the junior synonym Albericus is the Latin form of Alberich, the shape-shifting dwarf in the epic poem Nibelungenlied.[4] Several species derive also their specific names from Nibelungenlied, e.g. C. siegfriedi from Siegfried and C. fafniri from Fafnir.[5]
Species[edit]
Amphibian Species of the World assigns 37 species to Choerophryne, including the species previously assigned to the genus Albericus:[1]
- Choerophryne alainduboisi Günther and Richards, 2018
- Choerophryne allisoni Richards and Burton, 2003
- Choerophryne alpestris (Kraus, 2010)
- Choerophryne amomani Günther, 2008
- Choerophryne arndtorum Günther, 2008
- Choerophryne bickfordi Kraus, 2018
- Choerophryne bisyllaba Günther and Richards, 2017
- Choerophryne brevicrus (Günther and Richards, 2012)
- Choerophryne brunhildae (Menzies, 1999)
- Choerophryne bryonopsis Kraus, 2013
- Choerophryne burtoni Richards, Dahl, and Hiaso, 2007
- Choerophryne crucifer Günther and Richards, 2017
- Choerophryne darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1948)
- Choerophryne epirrhina Iannella, Oliver, and Richards, 2015
- Choerophryne exclamitans (Kraus and Allison, 2005)
- Choerophryne fafniri (Menzies, 1999)
- Choerophryne gracilirostris Iannella, Richards, Oliver, 2014
- Choerophryne grylloides Iannella, Oliver, and Richards, 2015
- Choerophryne gudrunae (Menzies, 1999)
- Choerophryne gunnari (Menzies, 1999)
- Choerophryne laurini (Günther, 2000)
- Choerophryne longirostris Kraus and Allison, 2001
- Choerophryne microps Günther, 2008
- Choerophryne multisyllaba Günther and Richards, 2017
- Choerophryne murrita (Kraus and Allison, 2009)
- Choerophryne nigrescens Günther, 2008
- Choerophryne pandanicola (Günther and Richards, 2012)
- Choerophryne pipiens Günther, Richards, and Tjaturadi, 2018
- Choerophryne proboscidea Van Kampen, 1914
- Choerophryne rhenaurum (Menzies, 1999)
- Choerophryne rostellifer (Wandolleck, 1911)
- Choerophryne sanguinopicta (Kraus and Allison, 2005)
- Choerophryne siegfriedi (Menzies, 1999)
- Choerophryne swanhildae (Menzies, 1999)
- Choerophryne tubercula (Richards, Johnston, and Burton, 1992)
- Choerophryne valkuriarum (Menzies, 1999)
- Choerophryne variegata (Van Kampen, 1923)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Choerophryne Van Kampen, 1914". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ a b Kraus, F. (2013). "A new species of Choerophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea, with remarks on the taxonomic status of Albericus". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 89 (2): 283–291. doi:10.1002/zoos.201300014.
- ^ 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. (April 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. S2CID 84925667.
- ^ Burton, Thomas C. & Zweifel, Richard George (1995). "A new genus of genyophrynine microhylid frogs from New Guinea". American Museum Novitates (3129): 1–7. hdl:2246/3574.
- ^ Menzies, J. I. (1999). "A study of Albericus (Anura: Microhylidae) of New Guinea". Australian Journal of Zoology. 47 (4): 327–360. doi:10.1071/ZO99003.
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