Nothophryne
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Subfamily: | Cacosterninae |
| Genus: | Nothophryne Poynton, 1963 |
| Type species | |
| Nothophryne broadleyi Poynton, 1963
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Nothophryne is a genus of frogs known as mongrel frogs. They are found in southern Malawi and northern Mozambique. Until 2018, only one species in the genus was known, Nothophryne broadleyi. As of January 2019[update], there are five known species:[1][2]
- Nothophryne baylissi Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Farooq, Loader, Menegon, and Tolley, 2018
- Nothophryne broadleyi Poynton, 1963
- Nothophryne inagoensis Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Farooq, Loader, Menegon, and Tolley, 2018
- Nothophryne ribauensis Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Farooq, Loader, Menegon, and Tolley, 2018
- Nothophryne unilurio Conradie, Bittencourt-Silva, Farooq, Loader, Menegon, and Tolley, 2018
References
[edit]- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Nothophryne Poynton, 1963". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Conradie, Werner; Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B.; Farooq, Harith M.; Loader, Simon P.; Menegon, Michele; Tolley, Krystal A. (22 February 2018). "New species of Mongrel Frogs (Pyxicephalidae: Nothophryne) for northern Mozambique inselbergs". African Journal of Herpetology. 67 (1): 61–85. doi:10.1080/21564574.2017.1376714. S2CID 90735105.
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