Afrixalus dorsalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neobatrachia
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Familia: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Afrixalus
Species: Afrixalus dorsalis

Name

Afrixalus dorsalis (Peters, 1875)

Type locality: "Boutry [mouth of River Butre, Ghana]" and "Victoria in einem Wassertümpel", Cameroon.

Syntype: ZMB 4488.

Synonyms

• Hyperolius dorsalis Peters, 1875
• Megalixalus dorsalis — Parker, 1931
• Afrixalus dorsalis — Guibé, 1948
• Afrixalus dorsalis dorsalis — Laurent, 1951
• Afrixalus dorsalis regularis Laurent, 1951
• Afrixalus dorsalis laciniosus Perret, 1960

References

• Peters, 1875, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 206.
• Perret, 1960, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 61: 369.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Afrixalus dorsalis . Accessed on 31 May 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Afrixalus dorsalis (Least Concern) Downloaded on 31 May 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Brown Banana Frog