Megophryidae

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Megophryidae
Megophrys nasuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Amphibia Subclass: Lissamphibia Superorder: Batrachia Order: Anura Suborder: Mesobatrachia Family: Megophryidae
Distribution of the Megophryidae family (in black).
Genera
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Megophryidae are a large family of frogs native to Asia, to the Philippines, through Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in the Malay Archipelago. It encompasses approximately 70-100 species of frog, divided between eleven genera.

The Megophryids are notable for their camouflage - especially those who live in forests - often looking like dead leaves. The camouflage is so accurate, that some species have skin folds which look like veins from a leaf, and one species (Megophrys montana) has sharp shaped projections extending past the eye and nose, which resemble the shape of a leaf, and disrupt the frog-like outline. The Megophryids range in size from 2 to 12.5 centimetres in length.

The tadpole can be found in a variety of waters - ponds and streams especially. Their tadpoles are extremely diverse because of the variety of habitats they inhabit. The adult tongue is noticeably paddle shaped.

[edit] Genera

• Atympanophrys (Tian and Hu, 1983)
  
• Brachytarsophrys (Tian and Hu, 1983)
  
• Leptobrachella (Smith, 1925)
  
• Leptobrachium (Tschudi, 1838)
  
• Leptolalax (Dubois, 1980)
  
• Megophrys (Kuhl and Hasselt, 1822)
  
• Ophryophryne (Boulenger, 1903)
  
• Oreolalax (Myers and Leviton, 1962)
  
• Scutiger (Theobald, 1868)
  
• Vibrissaphora (Liu, 1945)
  
• Xenophrys (Günther, 1864)

[edit] References

• Cogger, H.G.; R.G. Zweifel, and D. Kirschner (2004). Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians Second Edition. Fog City Press. ISBN 1-877019-69-0. 
• ADW: Megophryidae: Information. Retrieved on 2006-05-08.

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