Biology:Discodeles

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Discodeles
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Discodeles
Boulenger, 1918
Type species
Rana guppyi
Boulenger, 1884

Discodeles was a former genus of frogs in the Ceratobatrachidae family.[1][2] They are distributed in the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands. Their common name is webbed frogs.[1]

Discodeles has now been merged with the genus Cornufer.[3][1]

Species

There are five species in this genus:[1]

  • Discodeles bufoniformis (Boulenger, 1884)
  • Discodeles guppyi (Boulenger, 1884)
  • Discodeles malukuna Brown & Webster, 1969
  • Discodeles opisthodon (Boulenger, 1884)
  • Discodeles vogti (Hediger, 1934)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Discodeles Boulenger, 1918". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202210437/http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ceratobatrachidae/Discodeles. Retrieved 22 February 2014. 
  2. "Discodeles Boulenger, 1918". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=207039. 
  3. Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Richards, Stephen J.; Diesmos, Arvin C.; Cannatella, David C. (2015). "Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for Southeast Asian and Melanesian forest frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174 (1): 130–168. doi:10.1111/zoj.12232. 

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