Stumpffia
Stumpffia is a genus of microhylid frogs that are endemic to Madagascar. They are mostly brown frogs that typically live among leaf litter. S. contumelia has a snout–vent length of about 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in), making it one of the world's smallest frogs, and several others in the genus are only slightly larger. The largest species is no more than 28 mm (1.1 in).
| Stumpffia | |
|---|---|
| Unidentified Stumpffia in Marojejy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Cophylinae |
| Genus: | Stumpffia Boettger, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Stumpffia psologlossa Boettger, 1881 | |
| Diversity | |
| 41 species | |
The majority of the species have only been described since 2010. Each species has a small range and many are seriously threatened.
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