:Metaphrynella
{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}
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| image = Metaphrynella sundana.jpg
| image_caption = Metaphrynella sundana
| taxon = Metaphrynella
| authority = Parker, 1934
| type_species = Phrynella pollicaris
| type_species_authority = Boulenger, 1890
| diversity = 2 species (see text)
}}
Metaphrynella is a small genus of microhylid frogs from the southern Malay Peninsula and Borneo. They are sometimes known as the Borneo treefrogs{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Microhylinae/Metaphrynella |title=Metaphrynella Parker, 1934 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=15 April 2015}} or tree hole frogs. The common name refers to the microhabitat of these frogs: males call from tree holes and tadpoles develop in the water contained in those holes.{{cite web |url=http://frogsofborneo.org/index.php/microhylidae/222-microhylidae/metaphrynella |title=Metaphrynella (Tree Hole Frogs) |author=Haas, A. |author2=Hertwig, S.T. |author3=Das, I. |year=2015 |work=Frogs of Borneo |accessdate=15 April 2015}}
Description
Taxonomy
Metaphrynella may be paraphyletic, as molecular dataDe Sá, R. O., Streicher, J. W., Sekonyela, R., Forlani, M. C., Loader, S. P., Greenbaum, E., … Haddad, C. F. B. (2012). Molecular phylogeny of microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) with emphasis on relationships among New World genera. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12, 241. http://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-241 suggest that Phrynella is phylogenetically imbedded within it. Another study suggests that its closest relatives are Kaloula, Uperodon, and Ramanella. A molecular phylogenetic study by De Sá et al. (2012) shows Kaloula to be a sister clade of Metaphrynella.
Species
There are two species:{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Microhylidae.shtml |title=Microhylidae |year=2015 |work=AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] |publisher=Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb |accessdate=15 April 2015}}
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| Metaphrynella pollicaris {{small|(Boulenger, 1890)}} | Malaysian treefrog |
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| Metaphrynella sundana {{small|(Peters, 1867)}} | Borneo treefrog |
References
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Category:Taxa named by Hampton Wildman Parker
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