Polypedates maculatus

Polypedates maculatus

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: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Polypedates
Species: Polypedates maculatus

Name

Polypedates maculatus (Gray, 1833)

Type locality: "Bengal" [India and Bangladesh].

Holotype: Originally in collection of Major-General Hardwicke; location now unknown.

Synonyms

• Hyla maculata Gray, 1833
• Bürgeria maculata Tschudi, 1838
• Hyla Reynoudi Tschudi, 1838
• Polypedates maculatus — Günther, 1859
• Rhacophorus maculatus — Boulenger, 1882
• Rhacophorus acanthostomus Werner, 1901
• Rhacophorus (Polypedates) maculatus — Bourret, 1927
• Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) acanthostomus — Ahl, 1931
• Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) maculatus — Ahl, 1931
• Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) acanthostomus — Ahl, 1931
• Rhacophorus leucomystax maculatus — Wolf, 1936

References

• Gray, 1833, Ill. Indian Zool.: pl. 82.
• Wolf, S. 1936. Revision der Untergattung Rhacophorus (ausschliesslich der Madagaskar-Formen). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 12: 137–217. PDF Reference page. 
• Dubois, 1987, Alytes, 5: 84–85.
• Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 96–97.
• 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 Polypedates maculatus . Accessed on 12 July 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Polypedates maculatus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 12 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Spotted Whipping Frog