Amietia dracomontana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Cacosterninae
Genus: Amietia
Species: Amietia dracomontana

Name

Amietia dracomontana (Channing, 1978)

Type locality: "Lesotho, top of Sani Pass (29° 35´ S, 29° 17´ E), 2872 m".

Holotype: NMP 6221.

Synonyms

• Rana dracomontana Channing, 1978
• Rana (Rana) dracomontana — Dubois, 1987
• Rana (Afrana) dracomontana — Dubois, 1992
• Afrana dracomontana — Visser & Channing, 1997
• Amietia dracomontana — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006

References

• Channing, 1978, Ann. Natal Mus., 23: 361.
• Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 366.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Amietia dracomontana . Accessed on 27 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Amietia dracomontana  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 June 2008. (as Afrana dracomontana)

Vernacular names

English: Sani Pass Frog