Nannophryne is a small genus of true toads, family Bufonidae,[1][2][3] from South America. They are found in central Andean Peru south to southern Chile and adjacent Argentina.[1]
The genus was placed in synonymy with Bufo by George Albert Boulenger in 1894,[1] but it was resurrected in 2006 by Frost when splitting the then very large Bufo into smaller, monophyletic genera.[4] This change was controversial but has now largely been accepted.[2][3][5] The alternative, treating Nannophryne as a subgenus of Bufo, still has some following.[1]
There are four species in this genus:[1][2]
Nannophryne is a small genus of true toads, family Bufonidae, from South America. They are found in central Andean Peru south to southern Chile and adjacent Argentina.