Anodonthyla
Genus of amphibians
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::summary Genus of amphibians ::
| image = Anodonthyla boulengerii 02.jpg | image_caption = Anodonthyla boulengerii | taxon = Anodonthyla | authority = Müller, 1892 | type_species = Anodonthyla boulengerii | type_species_authority = Müller, 1892 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 12 species (see text)
Anodonthyla is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar. Molecular data suggest that it is the sister taxon to all other species in the subfamily Cophylinae.
Species
The genus contains twelve recognized species: ::data[format=table]
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Anodonthyla boulengerii Müller, 1892 | Boulenger's climbing frog |
| Anodonthyla emilei Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010 | |
| Anodonthyla eximia Scherz, Hutter, Rakotoarison, Riemann, Rödel, Ndriantsoa, Glos, Roberts, Crottini, Vences, and Glaw, 2019 | |
| Anodonthyla hutchisoni Fenolio, Walvoord, Stout, Randrianirina, & Andreone, 2007 | |
| Anodonthyla jeanbai Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010 | |
| Anodonthyla montana Angel, 1925 | Mountain climbing frog |
| Anodonthyla moramora Glaw & Vences, 2005 | |
| Anodonthyla nigrigularis Glaw & Vences, 1992 | Black-throated climbing frog |
| Anodonthyla pollicaris (Boettger, 1913) | |
| Anodonthyla rouxae Guibé, 1974 | Madagascar climbing frog |
| Anodonthyla theoi Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010 | |
| Anodonthyla vallani Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010 | |
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Description
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Anodonthyla.jpg" caption="Views of palmar surfaces of males of various ''Anodonthyla'' species, showing relative size and degree of separation of first finger and prepollex.<ref name="Vences et al. 2010"/>"] ::
One of the most obvious morphological synapomorphies of the genus is the presence, in males only, of a large prepollex that runs along the first finger and generally is closely connected to the first finger over most of its length. Correlated to this character, in males and females, the first finger is very short compared to other cophylines. This is true even of the extremely miniaturised species Anodonthyla eximia described in 2019.
Related pages
References
References
- (2019). "Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera". PLOS ONE.
- (2019). "Microhylidae". University of California, Berkeley.
- Frost, Darrel R.. (2020). "''Anodonthyla'' Müller, 1892". American Museum of Natural History.
- (2010). "Molecular phylogeny, morphology and bioacoustics reveal five additional species of arboreal microhylid frogs of the genus ''Anodonthyla'' from Madagascar". Contributions to Zoology.
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