''Plethodontohyla'' is a genus of microhylid

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Species

There are at present 11 species: * '' Plethodontohyla alluaudi'' (Mocquard, 1901) * '' Plethodontohyla bipunctata'' (Guibé, 1974) * '' Plethodontohyla brevipes'' Boulenger, 1882 * '' Plethodontohyla fonetana'' Glaw, Köhler, Bora, Rabibisoa, Ramilijaona, and Vences, 2007 * '' Plethodontohyla guentheri'' Glaw and Vences, 2007 * '' Plethodontohyla inguinalis'' Boulenger, 1882 * '' Plethodontohyla laevis'' (Boettger, 1913) * '' Plethodontohyla mihanika'' Vences, Raxworthy, Nussbaum, and Glaw, 2003 * '' Plethodontohyla notosticta'' (Günther, 1877) * '' Plethodontohyla ocellata'' Noble and Parker, 1926 * '' Plethodontohyla tuberata'' (Peters, 1883)

Taxonomy

The following species were formerly classed as ''Plethodontoyhla'' species but have since been moved to the genus ''

Rhombophryne ''Rhombophryne'' is a genus of Microhylidae, microhylid frogs endemic to Madagascar. It is currently estimated to include more than 23 species, but only 20 of these are currently described. The common name 'diamond frog' has been proposed and use ...

'': * '' Rhombophryne coronata'' (Vences & Glaw, 2003) * '' Rhombophryne guentherpetersi'' (Guibé, 1974) * '' Rhombophryne laevipes'' (Mocquard, 1895) * '' Rhombophryne minuta'' (Guibé, 1975) * ''

Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa ''Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa'' is a species of frog of the Madagascar endemic microhylid subfamily Cophylinae. Genetic evidence revealed that it is a species complex, in need of resolution. This work has made significant progress, and five ...

'' (Guibé, 1975) The

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'' Plethodontohyla alluaudi'' was moved to ''

'' by Frost et al. in 2006, but was transferred back to ''Plethodontohyla'' after review of its taxonomic status in early 2018, along with the newly resurrected '' Plethodontohyla laevis''. In addition, the species '' Rhombophryne matavy'' was erroneously transferred to ''Plethodontohyla'' in 2016 based on a misidentified DNA sequence, and was later transferred back to ''Rhombophryne''.

References

Cophylinae Amphibian genera Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Endemic frogs of Madagascar {{Microhylidae-stub