Scaphiophryninae
{{Short description|Subfamily of amphibians}}
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| image = Scaphiophryne gottlebei02.jpg
| image_caption = Scaphiophryne gottlebei
| taxon = Scaphiophryninae
| authority = Laurent, 1946
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
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The Scaphiophryninae are a subfamily of microhylid frogs native to Madagascar.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Scaphiophryninae |title=Scaphiophryninae Laurent, 1946 |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=4 March 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=517}}
Description
Scaphiophryninae are small to middle-sized frogs, measuring {{convert|20|-|50|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. They are terrestrial. Species living in drier environments are burrowers that emerge at the start of the rainy season. However, at least Scaphiophryne gottlebei is also able to climb vertical rock faces. Breeding is explosive and takes place in temporary pools. Eggs float on the surface and hatch into free-living tadpoles.
Genera
Scaphiophryninae contains two genera.
- Paradoxophyla Blommers-Schlösser & Blanc, 1991 — 2 species
- Scaphiophryne Boulenger, 1882 — 9 species
References
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Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Category:Taxa named by Raymond Laurent
Category:Amphibian subfamilies
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