Blythophryne is a monotypic genus of true toads. The sole species Blythophryne beryet is described from the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, India. It is about 24 millimetres (0.94 in) long.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Blythophryne Chandramouli et al., 2016 |
| Species: | B. beryet
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| Blythophryne beryet Chandramouli et al., 2016
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Description
editBlythophryne is distinguished from other bufonid genera by its small adult size. It has six presacral vertebrae, with no coccygeal expansions. It has an elongated pair of parotid glands and expanded discs at its digit tips. Phytotelmonous tadpoles lack oral denticles and have keratinised jaw sheaths.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Chandramouli, S. R.; Vasudevan, Karthikeyan; Harikrishnan, S; Dutta, Sushil Kumar; Janani, S Jegath; Sharma, Richa; Das, Indraneil; Aggarwal, Ramesh (2016). "A new genus and species of arboreal toad with phytotelmonous larvae, from the Andaman Islands, India (Lissamphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)". ZooKeys (555): 57–90. Bibcode:2016ZooK..555...57C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.555.6522. PMC 4740822. PMID 26877687.