Anodonthyla

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Cophylinae
Genus: Anodonthyla
Species: A. boulengerii - A. emilei - A. hutchisoni - A. jeanbai - A. montana - A. moramora - A. nigrigularis - A. pollicaris - A. rouxae - A. theoi - A. vallani

Name

Anodonthyla Müller, 1892

Type species: Anodonthyla boulengerii Müller, 1892

Synonyms

* Anodonthyla Müller, 1892
* Anodontohyla — Mocquard, 1909

References

* Müller, 1892, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 10: 198.
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Anodonthyla access date 16 June 2008

Vernacular names
English: Climbing Frogs

Anodonthyla is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar.[1][2] Molecular data suggest that it is the sister taxon to all other species in the subfamily Cophylinae.[1]

Species

The genus contains twelve recognized species:[1][2]
Binomial Name and Author Common Name
Anodonthyla boulengerii Müller, 1892 Boulenger's Climbing Frog
Anodonthyla emilei Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010
Anodonthyla eximia Scherz, Hutter, Rakotoarison, Riemann, Rödel, Ndriantsoa, Glos, Roberts, Crottini, Vences, and Glaw, 2019
Anodonthyla hutchisoni Fenolio, Walvoord, Stout, Randrianirina, & Andreone, 2007
Anodonthyla jeanbai Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010
Anodonthyla montana Angel, 1925 Mountain Climbing Frog
Anodonthyla moramora Glaw & Vences, 2005
Anodonthyla nigrigularis Glaw & Vences, 1992 Black-throated Climbing Frog
Anodonthyla pollicaris (Boettger, 1913)
Anodonthyla rouxae Guibé, 1974 Madagascar Climbing Frog
Anodonthyla theoi Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010
Anodonthyla vallani Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010
Description
Views of palmar surfaces of males of various Anodonthyla species, showing relative size and degree of separation of first finger and prepollex.[3]

One of the most obvious morphological synapomorphies of the genus is the presence, in males only, of a large prepollex that runs along the first finger and generally is closely connected to the first finger over most of its length. Correlated to this character, in males and females, the first finger is very short compared to other cophylines.[3] This is true even of the extremely miniaturised species Anodonthyla eximia described in 2019.[4]
Related pages

Amphibians of Madagascar

References

Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Anodonthyla Müller, 1892". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
"Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank; Köhler, Jörn; Wollenberg, Katharina C. & Arntzen, J.W. (2010). "Molecular phylogeny, morphology and bioacoustics reveal five additional species of arboreal microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla from Madagascar". Contributions to Zoology. 79 (1): 1–32. doi:10.1163/18759866-07901001. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28.
Scherz, Mark D.; Hutter, Carl R.; Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Riemann, Jana C.; Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Ndriantsoa, Serge H.; Glos, Julian; Hyde Roberts, Sam & Crottini, Angelica (2019). "Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera". PLOS ONE. 14 (3): e0213314. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213314. PMC 6436692. PMID 30917162.