Cophylinae

Cophylinae
Anodonthyla boulengerii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Cophylinae
Cope, 1889
Type genus
Cophyla
Boettger, 1880
Genera

8 genera; see article.

Cophylinae is a subfamily of microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar. It has over 70 species in eight genera.[1][2]

Genera

As of May 2016, the following genera are recognized:[1][2]

Biology

Cophylines are characterized by a derived mode of larval development: whereas most microhylids have a specialized filter-feeding tadpole, cophylines have non-feeding tadpoles that develop either in tree holes, terrestrial foam nests, or terrestrial jelly nests.[3] Most cophylines have very simple advertisement calls, consisting of single melodious notes that are repeated after regular intervals and for long periods of time, usually lasting several minutes. Correlated to the reproductive mode of the various cophyline lineages is their arboreal versus terrestrial or fossorial ecology, and apparently, multiple evolutionary shifts between arboreal and terrestrial habits have occurred in this subfamily.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Cophylinae Cope, 1889". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 Scherz, Mark D.; Vences, Miguel; Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Andreone, Franco; Köhler, Jörn; Glaw, Frank; Crottini, Angelica (2016). "Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100: 372–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.019.
  3. Blommers-Schlösser RMA (1975). "Observations on the larval development of some Malagasy frogs, with notes on their ecology and biology (Anura: Dyscophinae, Scaphiophryninae and Cophylinae)". Beaufortia. 24: 7–26.
  4. Andreone F; Vences M; Vieites DR; Glaw F; Meyer M (2005). "Recurrent ecological adaptations revealed through a molecular analysis of the secretive cophyline frogs of Madagascar". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34: 315–322. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.013.

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