Asterophryinae is a subfamily of microhylid

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...

s distributed in an area from the

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

through the Malay Archipelago to northern Australia.

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Asterophryinae: The most species-rich genus is '' Oreophryne'' (71 species). Two genera are

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

: '' Oninia'' and '' Siamophryne''. The genera '' Siamophryne'' and '' Vietnamophryne'' were added to Asterophryinae in 2018.

Body size

Microhylid frogs are generally small. A few species such as '' Callulops robustus'' and '' Asterophrys turpicola'' attain snout-vent lengths (SVL) in excess of , whereas frogs in genus '' Paedophryne'' are particularly small, and ''

Paedophryne amauensis ''Paedophryne amauensis'' is a species of microhylid frog endemic to eastern Papua New Guinea. At in snout-to-vent length, it is considered the world's smallest known vertebrate. (See also Ecological guild.) The species was listed in the '' ...

'' is the world's smallest known vertebrate, attaining an average body size of only (range 7.0–8.0 mm).

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1968598 Microhylidae Frogs of Asia Amphibians of Australia Tetrapod subfamilies Taxa named by Albert Günther