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Xenorhina

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Xenorhina is a genus of microhylid frogs.[1][2] The genus is endemic to New Guinea.[1] They are sometimes known as the snouted frogs or fanged frogs, the latter referring to the now-synonymized genus Xenobatrachus.[1]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
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Xenorhina
Xenorhina mehelyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Asterophryinae
Genus: Xenorhina
Peters, 1863
Type species
Bombinator oxycephalus
Schlegel, 1858
Species

40 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]

Xenobatrachus Peters and Doria, 1878
Choanacantha Méhely, 1898
Pseudengystoma De Witte, 1930 "1929"

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Species

There are 40 species:[1][2]

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