Odontobatrachus

Odontobatrachus natator

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Odontobatrachidae
Genus: Odontobatrachus
Species (5): O. arndti – O. fouta – O. natator – O. smithi – O. ziama

Name

Odontobatrachus Barej, Rödel, Loader & Schmitz in Barej et al., 2014: 269

• Type species: Petropedetes natator Boulenger, 1905, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Barej, M.F., Rödel, M.-O., Loader, S.P., Menegon, M., Gonwouo, N.L., Penner, J., Gvoždík, V., Günther, R., Bell, R.C., Nagel, P. & Schmitz, A. 2014. Light shines through the spindrift – Phylogeny of African torrent frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 261–273. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.001 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Günther, R., Loader, S.P., Mahlow, K. & Rödel, M.-O. 2014. The first endemic West African vertebrate family – a new anuran family highlighting the uniqueness of the Upper Guinean biodiversity hotspot. Frontiers in Zoology 11: 8. DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-8 Reference page. 
• Barej, M.F., Penner, J., Schmitz, A. & Rödel, M.-O. 2015. Multiple genetic lineages challenge the monospecific status of the West African endemic frog family Odontobatrachidae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 67. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0346-9 Reference page. 
• Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Penner, J., Doumbia, J., Sandberger-Loua, L., Hirschfeld, M., Brede, C., Emmrich, M., Kouamé, N.G., Hillers, A., Gonwouo, N.L., Nopper, J., Adeba, P.J., Bangoura, M.A., Gage, C., Anderson, G. & Rödel, M.-O. 2015. Life in the spray zone – overlooked diversity in West African torrent-frogs (Anura, Odontobatrachidae, Odontobatrachus). Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(2): 115–149. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.5127 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Toothed Frogs