''Boulenophrys'' is a
genus of
frogs in the
family Megophryidae. They occur in the
China
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,
Mainland Southeast Asia
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and
Northeast India. It had been placed variously as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
or
synonymy of ''
Megophrys''. Dubois, Ohler and Pyron first recognized that ''Panophrys'' is preoccupied and employed ''Boulenophrys'' as the generic name rather than ''Tianophrys'' under the
Principle of First Revisor.
The most of the species in this genus were formerly considered species of the genus ''Megophrys''.
Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Boulenophrys'':
References
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Megophryidae
Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera