Noun | 1. | genus Hylactophryne - barking frogs amphibian genus - any genus of amphibians family Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylidae - New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae barking frog, Hylactophryne augusti, robber frog - of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark |