Anodonthyla
Genus of amphibians
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Anodonthyla is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar.[1][2] Molecular data suggest that it is the sister taxon to all other species in the subfamily Cophylinae.[1]
| Anodonthyla | |
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| Anodonthyla boulengerii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Cophylinae |
| Genus: | Anodonthyla Müller, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Anodonthyla boulengerii Müller, 1892 | |
| Species | |
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12 species (see text) | |
Species
The genus contains twelve recognized species:[1][2]
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Anodonthyla boulengerii Müller, 1892 | Boulenger's climbing frog |
| Anodonthyla emilei Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010 | |
| Anodonthyla eximia Scherz, Hutter, Rakotoarison, Riemann, Rödel, Ndriantsoa, Glos, Roberts, Crottini, Vences, and Glaw, 2019 | |
| Anodonthyla hutchisoni Fenolio, Walvoord, Stout, Randrianirina, & Andreone, 2007 | |
| Anodonthyla jeanbai Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010 | |
| Anodonthyla montana Angel, 1925 | Mountain climbing frog |
| Anodonthyla moramora Glaw & Vences, 2005 | |
| Anodonthyla nigrigularis Glaw & Vences, 1992 | Black-throated climbing frog |
| Anodonthyla pollicaris (Boettger, 1913) | |
| Anodonthyla rouxae Guibé, 1974 | Madagascar climbing frog |
| Anodonthyla theoi Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010 | |
| Anodonthyla vallani Vences, Glaw, Köhler, and Wollenberg, 2010 |
Description
One of the most obvious morphological synapomorphies of the genus is the presence, in males only, of a large prepollex that runs along the first finger and generally is closely connected to the first finger over most of its length. Correlated to this character, in males and females, the first finger is very short compared to other cophylines.[3] This is true even of the extremely miniaturised species Anodonthyla eximia described in 2019.[4]
