Gaige (1926) described _Allophryne ruthveni_ as a new genus and species of diminutive bufonid from British Guiana. Noble (1931) considered _A. ruthveni_ to be a toothless relative of _Centrolenella_ and placed the genus in the Hylidae. Gallardo (1965) suggested that _Allophryne_ is a leptodactylid of uncertain affinities. Other references to the monotypic genus have consisted […]