Plethodontohyla

Plethodontohyla
Plethodontohyla notosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Microhylidae
Subfamily:	Asterophryinae
Genus:	Plethodontohyla Boulenger, 1882
Species
10 (see text)
Synonyms
Callula Günther, 1877 Mantipus Peters, 1883 Phrynocara Peters, 1883 Mantiphrys Mocquard, 1895

Plethodontohyla is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar.^[1]

Taxonomy

As currently defined, Plethodontohyla is probably polyphyletic.^[1]

Species

There are at present ten species:^[1][2]

• Plethodontohyla bipunctata (Guibé, 1974)
• Plethodontohyla brevipes Boulenger, 1882
• Plethodontohyla fonetana Glaw, Köhler, Bora, Rabibisoa, Ramilijaona, and Vences, 2007
• Plethodontohyla guentheri Glaw and Vences, 2007
• Plethodontohyla inguinalis Boulenger, 1882
• Plethodontohyla matavy (D'Cruze, Köhler, Vences, and Glaw, 2010)
• Plethodontohyla mihanika Vences, Raxworthy, Nussbaum, and Glaw, 2003
• Plethodontohyla notosticta (Günther, 1877)
• Plethodontohyla ocellata Noble and Parker, 1926
• Plethodontohyla tuberata (Peters, 1883)

Taxonomy

The following species were formerly classed as Plethodontoyhla species but have since been moved to the genus Rhombophryne:

• Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901)
• Rhombophryne coronata (Vences & Glaw, 2003)
• Rhombophryne guentherpetersi (Guibé, 1974)
• Rhombophryne laevipes (Mocquard, 1895)
• Rhombophryne minuta (Guibé, 1975)
• Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa (Guibé, 1975)

References

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Plethodontohyla Boulenger, 1882". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
2. "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.