Hoplobatrachus occipitalis

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: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Hoplobatrachus
Species: Hoplobatrachus occipitalis

Name

Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858)

Type locality: "West Africa", "Africa", and "Gambia".

Syntypes: BM (12 specimens).

Synonyms

• Rana occipitalis Günther, 1858
• Rana bragantina Bocage, 1864
• Rana (Fejervarya) occipitalis — Bolkay, 1915
• Rana tigrina var. occipitalis — Boulenger, 1918
• Rana (Rana) tigrina occipitalis — Chabanaud, 1921
• Ranosoma schereri Ahl, 1924
• Rana occipitalis — Noble, 1924
• Rana mwanzae Loveridge, 1925
• Rana (Rana) occipitalis — De Witte, 1930
• Rana esculenta bilmaensis Angel, 1936
• Dicroglossus occipitalis — Deckert, 1938
• Rana (Dicroglossus) occipitalis — De Witte, 1952
• Rana (Euphlyctis) occipitalis — Dubois, 1981
• Euphlyctis occipitalis — Poynton & Broadley, 1985
• Limnonectes (Hoplobatrachus) occipitalis — Dubois, 1987
• Hoplobatrachus occipitalis — Dubois, 1992

References

• Günther, 1858, Arch. Naturgesch., 24: 320.
• Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 315.
• Hirschfeld, M. & M.-O. Rödel 2011: The diet of the African Tiger Frog, Hoplobatrachus occipitalis, in northern Benin. Salamandra, 47(3): 125-132. [1].
• Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [2] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Hoplobatrachus occipitalis . Accessed on 27 May 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 May 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Groove-crowned Bullfrog