Otophryne

Otophryne pyburni in French Guiana

Otophryne is an amphibian genus of the family -mouthed.

Description

The pupils are round. The tongue is large, truncate behind and lifted free. Palate teeth are missing. There are two denticulate in front of the throat skin folds present. The eardrum is very clearly visible. The fingers are free, the toes are joined at the base by webbed. However, these do not intervene between the metatarsals of the 4th and 5th toe. Fingers and toes are thickened. The Praecoracoide are available, but only weakly developed. The sternum is cartilaginous. The transverse processes of the sacral vertebra are pretty much broadened.

Occurrence

The genus comes from eastern Colombia via Venezuela and Guyana to the bordering Brazil ago.

System

The genus was first described in 1900 by Otophryne George Albert Boulenger. It includes three types:

• Otophryne pyburni Campbell and Clarke, 1998
• Otophryne robusta Boulenger, 1900
• Otophryne steyermarki Rivero, 1968