MEGOPHRYIDAE

'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.

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Genera

References

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)

References

★ Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians Second Edition, , H.G., Cogger, Fog City Press, 2004, ISBN 1-877019-69-0

★ ADW: Megophryidae: Information