Austrochaperina
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| Austrochaperina | |
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| The rain frog Austrochaperina pluvialis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Asterophryinae |
| Genus: | Austrochaperina Fry, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Austrochaperina robusta Fry, 1912 | |
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Austrochaperina is a genus of microhylid frogs found on New Guinea, New Britain and Australia.[1]
The genus was removed from the synonymy of Sphenophryne by Richard Zweifel in 2000. However, as currently defined, it might not be monophyletic, with two monophyletic units of Austrochaperina more closely related to parts of Copiula than with each other.[1]