Hemisus barotseensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Holotype: NMZB 16191, adult ♂, collected by A. Channing, J. Measey, S. Broadley, and G. Rasmussen on 28 October 1998.

Type locality: “Barotse floodplain near Mongu (15°15’36.7”S, 23°07’46.0”E), western Zambia”.

Channing, A. & Broadley, D.G. 2002. A New Snout-Burrower from the Barotse Floodplain (Anura: Hemisotidae: Hemisus). Journal of Herpetology 36(3): 367–372. DOI: 10.2307/1566179 Reference page.

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 Hemisus barotseensis . Accessed on 30 May 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Hemisus barotseensis (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 30 May 2008.

English: Mongu Shovelnose Frog