Mertensophryne
genus of amphibians
Mertensophryne or "Snouted Frogs" is a genus of true toads. They live in eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, southeastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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| Genus: | Mertensophryne Tihen, 1960
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Species
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| Mertensophryne anotis (Boulenger, 1907) | Mashonaland Toad |
| Mertensophryne howelli (Poynton and Clarke, 1999) | Mrora Forest Toad |
| Mertensophryne lindneri (Mertens, 1955) | Dar es Salaam Toad |
| Mertensophryne lonnbergi (Andersson, 1911) | Lonberg's Toad |
| Mertensophryne loveridgei (Poynton, 1991) | Mahenge Toad |
| Mertensophryne melanopleura (Schmidt and Inger, 1959) | Kankunde Toad |
| Mertensophryne micranotis (Loveridge, 1925) | Loveridges Snouted Toad |
| Mertensophryne mocquardi (Angel, 1924) | Mocquards Toad |
| Mertensophryne nairobiensis (Loveridge, 1932) | Nairobi Toad |
| Mertensophryne nyikae (Loveridge, 1953) | Nyika Dwarf Toad |
| Mertensophryne schmidti Grandison, 1972 | Schmidt's Snouted Frog |
| Mertensophryne taitana (Peters, 1878) | Black-chested Dwarf Toad |
| Mertensophryne usambarae (Poynton and Clarke, 1999) | Usambara Forest Toad |
| Mertensophryne uzunguensis (Loveridge, 1932) | Uzungwe Toad |
References
change- Darrel R. Frost, Taran Grant, Julia´ N Faivovich, Raoul H. Bain, Alexander Haas, Ce´ Lio F.B. Haddad, Rafael O. De Sa´ , Alan Channing, Mark Wilkinson, Stephen C. Donnellan, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Jonathan A. Campbell, Boris L. Blotto, Paul Moler, Robert C. Drewes, Ronald A. Nussbaum, John D. Lynch, David M. Green, And Ward C. Wheeler, 2006, The Amphibian Tree of Life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 297: 206 [1] Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites
change- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Mertensophryne. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 3, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Mertensophryne. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 3, 2008).