Description and ecology

Pelophryne are small, semi-arboreal toads. They can easily be recognized by the peculiar, fleshy web of their fingers and toes. The genus can be divided into two groups: one with rounded but not expanded finger tips, and the other with the tips of the fingers expanded into truncate discs. This morphological division is supported by molecular data.

Where two Pelophryne species coexist, one species is small (<20 mm) and the other one is larger, about 25 - 28 mm in snout-vent length. This is suggestive of resource partitioning.

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