Anhydrophryne rattrayi

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: Anhydrophryne
Species: Anhydrophryne rattrayi

Name

Anhydrophryne rattrayi Hewitt, 1919

Type locality: "Hogsback, Amatola Range . . . The Hogsback Hotel is situated on a narrow plateau at the top of the Tyumie Valley,... 3,600 ft. The southern edge of this plateau is bounded by the steep forest-clad slope which descends rapidly to the Tyumie Valley. It was in the depth of this forest that I found the nests", Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

Syntypes: AMG.

References

• Hewitt, 1919, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 182.
• 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. Anhydrophryne rattrayi . Accessed on 27 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Anhydrophryne rattrayi (Endangered) Downloaded on 27 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Hogsback Frog