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| Partition of the Australopapuan microhylid frog genus Sphenophryne with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 253 |
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| Title: | Partition of the Australopapuan microhylid frog genus Sphenophryne with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 253 |
| Other Titles: | Partition of Sphenophryne |
| Authors: | Zweifel, Richard George, 1926- |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| Publisher: | [New York] : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 253 |
| Abstract: | "Parker (1934) distinguished Sphenophryne from other genera of the Genyophryninae (Spenophryninae in his work) by its pectoral girdle having a more nearly complete complement of bony and cartilaginous elements. Otherwise, the species he placed there were a diverse lot, including ones adapted for climbing, for living in or on leaf litter, or for a cryptic,even burrowing existence. The characteristics of the pectoral girdle are primitive compared to those of other genyophrynine genera, which have reduced or lost one or more of the elements. Thus, the common possession of a primitive girdle is inadequate as the sole character defining the genus. In the present work I review species with the supposedly diagnostic character of Sphenophryne and recognize four genera: Sphenophryne (monotypic), and three removed from synonymy-Austrochaperina (23 species), Liophryne (6 species), and Oxydactyla (5 species). The characters I use to define the genera are for the most part closely tied to the habit... |
| Description: | 130 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-130). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1600 |
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