Barygenys

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title: "Barygenys" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["barygenys", "microhylidae", "amphibian-genera", "amphibians-of-oceania", "amphibians-of-new-guinea", "taxa-named-by-hampton-wildman-parker", "endemic-fauna-of-new-guinea"] description: "Genus of amphibians" topic_path: "general/barygenys" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barygenys" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of amphibians ::

| image = Barygenys atra 1896.jpg | image_caption = Barygenys atra | taxon = Barygenys | authority = Parker, 1936 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 9, see text | type_species = Barygenys cheesmanae | type_species_authority = Parker, 1936

Barygenys is a genus of microhylid frogs. They are endemic to New Guinea and the adjacent Louisiade Archipelago. So far only known from Papua New Guinea, the range of the genus is expected to reach Papua province in the Indonesian part of New Guinea. Despite not being known from Papua, common name Papua frogs has been suggested for them.

Description

Barygenys have squat body, narrow head, and tiny eyes. Barygenys are unique among asterophryine frogs in that they bear vertical ridges (or traces thereof) on the snout, and in having short, sharply tapering fingers with narrowly rounded tips. The largest species (Barygenys resima) reaches a body size around 45 mm in snout–vent length, while Barygenys parvula is not known to exceed 20 mm SVL.

Ecology

Barygenys are burrowing frogs. They tend to have spotty distributions and are rarely collected, and consequently poorly known.

Species

As of early 2017, nine species are recognized:

• Barygenys apodasta Kraus, 2013
• Barygenys atra (Günther, 1896)
• Barygenys cheesmanae Parker, 1936
• Barygenys exsul Zweifel, 1963
• Barygenys flavigularis Zweifel, 1972
• Barygenys maculata Menzies and Tyler, 1977
• Barygenys nana Zweifel, 1972
• Barygenys parvula Zweifel, 1981
• Barygenys resima Kraus, 2013

References

References

1. (2017). "Microhylidae". University of California, Berkeley.
2. Frost, Darrel R.. (2016). "''Barygenys'' Parker, 1936". American Museum of Natural History.
3. (2013). "Two new species of frogs related to ''Barygenys exsul'' (Microhylidae) from New Guinea". Herpetologica.
4. (1972). "A revision of the frogs of the subfamily Asterophryinae, family Microhylidae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.
5. (1980). "Description and relationships of a new species of microhylid frog (genus ''Barygenys'') from Papua New Guinea". Pacific Science.

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