Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Asterophryinae
Genus: Choerophryne
Species: C. alainduboisi – C. allisoni – C. alpestris – C. amomani – C. arndtorum – C. brevicrus – C. bickfordi – C. bisyllaba – C. brunhildae – C. bryonopsis – C. burtoni – C. crucifer – C. darlingtoni – C. epirrhina – C. exclamitans – C. fafniri – C. gracilirostris – C. grylloides – C. gudrunae – C. gunnari – C. laurini – C. longirostris – C. microps – C. multisyllaba – C. murrita – C. nigrescens – C. pandanicola – C. pipiens – C. proboscidea – C. rhenaurum – C. rostellifer – C. sanguinopicta – C. siegfriedi – C. swanhildae – C. tubercula – C. valkuriarum – C. variegata
Name
Choerophryne Van Kampen, 1914
Type species: Choerophryne proboscidea Van Kampen, 1914 (= Copiula rostellifer Wandolleck, 1911)
References
Günther, R. & Richards, S. 2017. Three new species of the microhylid frog genus Choerophryne (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 265–279. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.11576. Reference page.
Iannella, A., Oliver, P.M. & Richards, S. 2015. Two new species of Choerophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the northern versant of Papua New Guinea’s central cordillera. Zootaxa 4058(3): 332–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Iannella, A.; Richards, S.J.; Oliver, P. 2014: A new species of Choerophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the central cordillera of Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 3753(5): 483–493. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.5.6 Reference page.
Van Kampen, 1914, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 37: 376.
Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Choerophryne access date 13 June 2008
Vernacular names
English: Torricelli Mountain Frogs
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
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
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
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
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.
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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