Petropedetes newtonii

Petropedetes newtonii

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: Petropedetidae
Genus: Petropedetes
Species: Petropedetes newtonii

Name

Petropedetes newtonii (Bocage, 1895)

• Type locality: "L'ile de Fernão do Po dans le golfe de Guiné".
• Holotype: MBL, lost.
• Neotype: An adult male in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid, Spain), MNCN 48728, designated in Sánchez-Vialas et al., 2018: 72

Synonyms

• Tympanoceros newtoni Bocage, 1895
• Cornufer johnstoni Werner, 1898
• Petropedetes newtoni —Boulenger, 1900

References

• Bocage, 1895, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa, Ser. 2, 3: 270.
• Boulenger, 1900, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1900: 439.
• Sánchez-Vialas, A., Calvo-Revuelta, M., Castroviejo-Fisher, S. & De la Riva, I. 2018. The taxonomic status of Petropedetes newtonii (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae). ZooKeys 765: 59–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.765.24764. Reference page.  [Spelling correction, selection of neotype, discussion of taxonomic status]

Links

• 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 Petropedetes newtonii . Accessed on 23 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Petropedetes newtonii  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 23 June 2008.

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Vernacular names

English: Newton's Water Frog