Xenorhina

Xenorhina
Xenorhina mehelyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Microhylidae
Subfamily:Asterophryinae
Genus:Xenorhina
Peters, 1863
Type species
Bombinator oxycephalus
Schlegel, 1858
Species

32 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]

Xenobatrachus Peters and Doria, 1878
Choanacantha Méhely, 1898
Pseudengystoma De Witte, 1930 "1929"

Xenorhina is a genus of microhylid frogs.[1][2] The genus is endemic to New Guinea.[1] They are sometimes known as the snouted frogs or fanged frogs, the latter referring to the now-synomymized genus Xenobatrachus.[1]

Species

There are 32 species:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Xenorhina Peters, 1863". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.


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