Stumpffia
| Stumpffia | |
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| Unidentified Stumpffia in Marojejy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Cophylinae |
| Genus: | Stumpffia Boettger, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Stumpffia psologlossa Boettger, 1881
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| Diversity | |
| 41 species | |
Stumpffia is a
The majority of the species have only been described since 2010. Each species has a small range and many are seriously threatened.[2][4]
Taxonomy
Stumpffia was first described from the single species
Debate on synonymy with Rhombophryne
The genus Stumpffia was proposed to be a junior
This debate was continued in 2017, with one group of authors continuing to advocate for synonymy of these two genera plus Anilany,[8] while the other group of authors continued to advocate for separate treatment of these genera based on their monophyly and morphological distinction allowing them to be distinguished with comparative ease.[9] There was a temporary impasse, wherein the Amphibian Species of the World database continued to adopt the single-genus taxonomy, and as a result, so too did the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species and other online databases (e.g. iNaturalist) that draw from that resource. Meanwhile, AmphibiaWeb continued to use the three-genus taxonomy, as did the taxonomists working on cophyline systematics,[2][10][11] and other groups working more broadly on frog evolution and taxonomy.[12][13]
In March 2019, a new genus, Mini, was described for the miniaturised frogs previously confused with Stumpffia that are more closely related to Plethodontohyla.[14] Evidence in this study, as well as that presented in a paper by Na Tu et al. in 2018,[13] helped to clarify the taxonomic situation, and the Amphibian Species of the World database reverted to treating Rhombophryne, Anilany, and Stumpffia as valid genera.[15]
Species
There are over 40 currently recognised species:[1][2][16][17]
- Stumpffia achillei Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia analamaina Klages et al., 2013
- Stumpffia analanjirofo Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia angeluci Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia be Köhler, Vences, D'Cruze, and Glaw, 2010
- Stumpffia betampona Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia bishopi Rakotoarison, Glaw, Rasolonjatovo, Razafindraibe, Vences, and Scherz, 2022
- Stumpffia contumelia Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia davidattenboroughi Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia diutissima Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia dolchi Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia edmondsi Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia froschaueri Crottini et al., 2020, named after Christoph Froschauer
- Stumpffia fusca Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia garraffoi Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia gimmeli Glaw and Vences, 1992
- Stumpffia grandis Guibé, 1974
- Stumpffia hara Köhler, Vences, D'Cruze, and Glaw, 2010
- Stumpffia huwei Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia iharana Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia jeannoeli Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia kibomena Glaw et al., 2015[16]
- Stumpffia larinki Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia lynnae Mullin, Rakotomanga, Dawson, Glaw, Rakotoarison, Orozco-terWengel, and Scherz, 2022
- Stumpffia madagascariensis Mocquard, 1895
- Stumpffia makira Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia maledicta Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia mamitika Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia megsoni Köhler, Vences, D'Cruze, and Glaw, 2010
- Stumpffia meikeae Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia miery Ndriantsoa et al., 2013
- Stumpffia miovaova Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia nigrorubra Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia obscoena Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia pardus Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia psologlossa Boettger, 1881
- Stumpffia pygmaea Vences and Glaw, 1991
- Stumpffia roseifemoralis Guibé, 1974
- Stumpffia sorata Rakotoarison et al., 2017
- Stumpffia spandei Rakotoarison, et al., 2017
- Stumpffia staffordi Köhler, Vences, D'Cruze, and Glaw, 2010
- Stumpffia tetradactyla Vences and Glaw, 1991
- Stumpffia tridactyla Guibé, 1975
- Stumpffia yanniki Rakotoarison et al., 2017
The taxon and therefore does not appear on this list.
References
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Stumpffia Boettger, 1881". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rakotoarison, A.; Scherz, M.D.; Glaw, F.; Köhler, J; Andreone, F.; Franzen, M.; Glos, J.; Hawlitschek, O.; Jono, T.; Mori, A.; Ndriantsoa, S.H.; Raminosoa Rasoamampionona, N.; Riemann, J.C.; Rödel, M.-O.; Rosa, G.M.; Vieites, D.R.; Crottini, A.; Vences, M. (2017). "Describing the smaller majority: Integrative fast-track taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar". Vertebrate Zoology. 67 (3): 271–398.
- ^ "10 Smallest Frogs and Toads in the World". gonefroggin.com. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Stumpffia". IUCN Redlist. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ Boettger, Oskar (1881). "Diagnoses Reptilium et Batrachiorum novorum ab ill. Antonio Stumpff in insula Nossi Bé Madagascariensi lectorum". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 4: 358–362.
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