Metaphryniscus Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Metaphryniscus
1 species

Metaphryniscus Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994, Publ. Asoc. Amigos Doñana, 3: 18. Type species: Metaphryniscus sosai Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994, by original designation.

Common Names

None noted.

Distribution

Tepuy Marahuaca Sur, state of Amazonas, Venezuela.

Comment

Intermediate between Osornophryne and Oreophrynella according to the original publication. Barrio-Amorós, 1999 "1998", Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 18: 5-7, and Barrio-Amorós, 2004, Rev. Ecol. Lat. Am., 9: 5, reported on literature and distribution for the species in Venezuela. This taxon has not been included in any of the recent large-scaled studies of bufonid relationships.

Contained taxa (1 sp.):

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