Probreviceps

{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}

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| image = Probreviceps loveridgei 104915874.jpg

| image_caption = Probreviceps loveridgei

| taxon = Probreviceps

| authority = Parker, 1931

| type_species = Probreviceps macrodactylus

| type_species_authority = Nieden, 1926

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 6 species (see text)

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Probreviceps is a small genus of brevicipitine frogs with only six members. They occur in the montane forests of Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and possibly Mozambique. They are sometimes known as the forest frogs, forest rain frogs, big-fingered frogs, or primitive rain frogs.

Description

Probreviceps are burrowing frogs with short limbs and direct development (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage); the eggs are deposited in burrows. Maximum snout–vent length is between {{convert|27|-|48|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in males and between {{convert|43|-|65|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in females, depending on the species. Males often have larger tympani than females. No discs are present on fingers or toes. Species identification is based on male advertisement calls, features of hands and feet, and distribution.

Species

There are six recognized species:

References

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{{cite web |url=http://africanamphibians.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/983 |title=Probreviceps Parker, 1931 |author= |year= |work=African Amphibians |access-date=3 February 2021}}

{{cite web |url=http://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Brevicipitidae.shtml |title=Brevicipitidae |year=2021 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=3 February 2021}}

{{cite book |title=Field Guide to the Frogs & other Amphibians of Africa |last1=Channing|first1=Allan |last2=Rödel |first2=Mark-Oliver |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |publisher=Struik Nature |location=Cape Town |isbn=978-1-77584-512-6 |page=124 }}

{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Brevicipitidae/Probreviceps |title=Probreviceps Parker, 1931 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2021 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=3 February 2021}}

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Category:Brevicipitidae

Category:Amphibian genera

Category:Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa

Category:Taxa named by Hampton Wildman Parker