Caligophryne

Caligophryne
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Superfamily: Hyloidea
Clade: Brachycephaloidea
Family: Caligophrynidae
Fouquet et al, 2023
Genus: Caligophryne
Fouquet et al, 2023
Species:
C. doylei
Binomial name
Caligophryne doylei
Fouquet, Kok, Recoder, Prates, Camacho, Marques-Souza, Ghellere, McDiarmid, and Rodrigues, 2023

Caligophryne is a genus of frog in the superfamily Hyloidea, clade Brachycephaloidea. It contains the single species C. doylei and is the only member of the family Caligophrynidae. It is endemic to the highest parts of the Cerro de la Neblina tepui on the border of Brazil and Venezuela.

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