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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Asterophryinae |
| Genus: | Vietnamophryne Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost and Che, 2018 |
Vietnamophryne (common name: Indochinese dwarf frogs; Vietnamese: nhái lùn; Thai: ueng tham khrae, อึ่งถ้ำแคระ) is a divergent genus of Asterophryinae frogs found in Indochina. Its closest relative is the genus Siamophryne. The genus Vietnamophryne was first described by Poyarkov, et al. (2018).
Species
There are three species, described in 2018:
- Vietnamophryne inexpectata Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost, and Che, 2018
- Vietnamophryne orlovi Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost, and Che, 2018
- Vietnamophryne occidentalis Poyarkov, Suwannapoom, Pawangkhanant, Aksornneam, Duong, Korost, and Che, 2018
In 2021 the descriptions of two species were added:
- Vietnamophryne cuongi Nguyen, Hoang, Jiang, Orlov, Ninh, Nguyen, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2021
- Vietnamophryne vuquangensis Hoang, Jiang, Nguyen, Orlov, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, and Ziegler, 2021
Type localities
Type localities of each species:
- Vietnamophryne cuongi in Ba Vi National Park, Hanoi, northern Vietnam,
- Vietnamophryne inexpectata in Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, Gia Lai Province, central Vietnam.
- Vietnamophryne orlovi in Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park, Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam.
- Vietnamophryne occidentalis in Doi Tung Mountain, Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand.
- Vietnamophryne vuquangensis in Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam near to the Laos border.
References
- ^ Poyarkov NA, Suwannapoom C, Pawangkhanant P, Aksornneam A, Duong TV, Korost DV, Che J (May 2018). "A new genus and three new species of miniaturized microhylid frogs from Indochina (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae: Asterophryinae)". Zool Res. 39 (3): 130–157. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.019. PMC 5968859. PMID 29683109.
- "Vietnamophryne". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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