Amietia dracomontana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neobatrachia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Neobatrachia

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, 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. 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