Niceforonia

Niceforonia
Niceforonia adenobrachia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Strabomantidae
Subfamily: Hypodactylinae
Genus: Niceforonia
Goin and Cochran, 1963
Type species
Niceforonia nana
Goin and Cochran, 1963
Diversity
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Synonyms
  • Isodactylus Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008
  • Hypodactylus Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008

Niceforonia is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae found in northern South America (from central Peru to Ecuador and Colombia). It is the only genus in the subfamily Hypodactylinae. The name refers to Nicéforo María, Colombian herpetologist.