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Gastrophryne, the narrowmouth toads (also American narrowmouth toads, North American narrow-mouthed toads), is a genus of microhylid frogs found in the Americas between Honduras and southern United States. Its name means ‘belly-toad’, referring to its large belly, from the Ancient Greek ' (, ‘belly, stomach’) and ' (, ‘toad’).

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderAnura
  5. FamilyMicrohylidae
Observations recorded28,935

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
66
Family
Microhylidae
Collections
CUMV, OMNH, UTEP, MSUM, MVZ, YPM
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gastrophryninae
Image
Gastrophryne carolinensis.jpg
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Commons category
Gastrophryne
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Category:Gastrophryne
taxon name
Gastrophryne
taxon rank
genus
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Gastrophryne, the narrowmouth toads (also American narrowmouth toads, North American narrow-mouthed toads), is a genus of microhylid frogs found in the Americas between Honduras and southern United States. Its name means ‘belly-toad’, referring to its large belly, from the Ancient Greek ' (, ‘belly, stomach’) and ' (, ‘toad’).

Gastrophryne is closely related to Hypopachus. Some species that were earlier placed in Gastrophryne were more closely related to Hypopachus, rendering the genus paraphyletic. This has been rectified by moving some species (Gastrophryne usta and Gastrophryne pictiventris) to Hypopachus.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gastrophryne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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