Rhinophrynidae

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| fossil_range = Late Jurassic to present, {{Fossil range|155.7|0}}

| image = Rhinophrynus dorsalis.jpg

| image_caption = Juvenile Rhinophrynus dorsalis

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| taxon = Rhinophrynidae

| authority = Günther, 1859

| type_genus = Rhinophrynus

| type_genus_authority = Duméril and Bibron, 1841

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File:Rhinophrynus dorsalis, Burrowing Toad, Tamaulipas.jpg

The Rhinophrynidae are a family of frogs containing one extant genus, the monotypic Rhinophrynus, and a number of fossil genera. The family is sometimes known as the Mexican burrowing toads or simply burrowing toads.

Rhinophrynus occurs in the Central America north from Costa Rica to Mexico and Texas. Fossil finds of Rhinophrynidae come from Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Rhinophrynus is a burrowing ant and termite eater.

Systematics

The Rhinophrynidae are the sister taxon of the Pipidae. The clade formed by these two genera is sometimes referred to as Xenoanura or superfamily Pipoidea.

Genera

Extant genera:

Rhinophrynus or Mexican burrowing toad Late Eocene-Recent{{Cite journal |last1=Blackburn |first1=David C. |last2=Roberts |first2=Lauren |last3=Vallejo-Pareja |first3=María C. |last4=Stanley |first4=Edward L. |date=2019-12-05 |title=First Record of the Anuran Family Rhinophrynidae from the Oligocene of Eastern North America |journal=Journal of Herpetology |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=316 |doi=10.1670/19-044 |issn=0022-1511|doi-access=free }}

Fossil genera:

†Chelomophrynus Henrici 1991 Wagon Bed Formation, Wyoming United States, Eocene
†Eorhinophrynus Hecht 1959 Polecat Bench Formation, Wyoming, United States, Paleocene
†Rhadinosteus Henrici 1998 Morrison Formation, Utah, United States, Late Jurassic

The affinity of Eorhinophrynus is uncertain.

References

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{{cite journal | author1=Blackburn, D.C. |author2=Wake, D.B. | title=Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness | journal=Zootaxa | volume=3148 | year=2011 | pages=39–55 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.8 | url=http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p055.pdf}}

{{cite journal|last=Ford|first=Linda S.|author2=Cannatella, David C.|author2-link=:fr:David Charles Cannatella|year=1993|title=The major clades of frogs|journal=Herpetological Monographs |volume=7 |pages=94–117 |jstor=1466954 |doi=10.2307/1466954}}

{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37442 |title=Family Rhinophrynidae (burrowing toad) |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=17 December 2021}}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Rhinophrynidae |title=Rhinophrynidae Günther, 1859 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=22 April 2016}}

{{cite book|title=Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles |edition=4th |first1=Laurie J. |last1=Vitt |first2=Janalee P. |last2=Caldwell |publisher=Academic Press |year=2014 |page=476}}

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Category:Amphibian families

Category:Late Jurassic first appearances

Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther