Afrixalus dorsalis

Afrixalus dorsalis

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: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Afrixalus
Species: Afrixalus dorsalis

Name

Afrixalus dorsalis (Peters, 1875)

Type locality: "Boutry [mouth of River Butre, Ghana]" and "Victoria in einem Wassertümpel", Cameroon.

Syntype: ZMB 4488.

Synonyms

• Hyperolius dorsalis Peters, 1875
• Megalixalus dorsalis — Parker, 1931
• Afrixalus dorsalis — Guibé, 1948
• Afrixalus dorsalis dorsalis — Laurent, 1951
• Afrixalus dorsalis regularis Laurent, 1951
• Afrixalus dorsalis laciniosus Perret, 1960

References

• Peters, 1875, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 206.
• Perret, 1960, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 61: 369.
• 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 Afrixalus dorsalis . Accessed on 31 May 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Afrixalus dorsalis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 31 May 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Brown Banana Frog