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Egg Frogs & Nelson Frogs
Ctenophryne
Ctenophryne is a genus of microhylid frogs. They occur in southern Central America (Costa Rica, Panama) and South America. Their common names are egg frogs and Nelson frogs, the latter applying to species in the formerly recognized Nelsonophryne.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Brown Egg Frog
speciesCtenophryne geayi

Black Narrow-mouthed Frog
speciesCtenophryne aterrima

Cuenca Nelson Frog
speciesCtenophryne aequatorialis
Ctenophryne barbatula
speciesCtenophryne barbatula
Colombian Egg Frog
speciesCtenophryne minor
Ctenophryne carpish
speciesCtenophryne carpish
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 25083.