Asterophryinae


Asterophryinae is a subfamily of microhylid frogs distributed in an area from the Peninsular Malaysia through the Malay Archipelago to northern Australia.

Genera

The following genera are recgnised in the subfamily Asterophryinae:
The most species-rich genus is Oreophryne. Two genera are monotypic: Oninia and Siamophryne.
The genera Siamophryne and Vietnamophryne were added to Asterophryinae in 2018.

Body size

Microhylid frogs are generally small. A few species such as Callulops robustus and Asterophrys turpicola attain snout-vent lengths in excess of, whereas frogs in genus Paedophryne are particularly small, and Paedophryne amauensis is the world's smallest known vertebrate, attaining an average body size of only .