Heleophryne hewitti

Taxonavigation

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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: Heleophrynidae
Genus: Heleophryne
Species: Heleophryne hewitti

Name

Heleophryne hewitti Boycott, 1988

Type locality: "Upper reaches of the Geelhoutboom River, Loerie Forest Reserve, Elandsberg Mountains (3325 CC Loerie), Eastern Cape Province, South Africa . . . . 33° 47´ 54 S, 25° 03´ 43 E. Alt. 420 m".

Holotype: AMG A 621.

References

• Boycott, 1988, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 16: 310.
• 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. Heleophryne hewitti . Accessed on 30 May 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Heleophryne hewitti (Endangered) Downloaded on 24 June 2011.

Vernacular names

English: Hewitt's African Ghost Frog