Allophryne ruthveni

Allophryne ruthveni

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: Allophrynidae
Genus: Allophryne
Species: Allophryne ruthveni

Name

Allophryne ruthveni Gaige, 1926: 2

• Holotype: UMMZ 63419, adult ♀, collected by E.N. Clark in May 1924.
• Type locality: “Tukeit Hill, below Kaiteur Falls, British Guiana [=Guyana]”.
• Paratype: MCZ A-11790, from “Tumatumari, British Guiana” collected on 20 September 1923.

Synonyms

• Sphoenohyla seabrai Bokermann, 1958: 43
  • Holotype: WCAB 3092.
  • Type locality: “Serra do Navio, Territorio Federal do Amapá, Brasil”.
• Dryomelictes seabrai — Goin, 1961
• Sphaenorhynchus scabrai — Gorham, 1974

References

Primary references

• Gaige, H.T. 1926. A new frog from British Guiana. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 176: 1–3. hdl: 2027.42/56615 Reference page. 
• Bokermann, W.C.A., 1958. Una nueva especies del genero Sphoenohyla del Brasil (Amphibia, Salientia, Hylidae). Neotropica 4: 43.
• Goin, C.J. 1961. Synopsis of the genera of hylid frogs. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 36: 9.
• Gorham, S.W. 1974. Checklist of World Amphibians Up to January 1, 1970. Saint John, Canada: New Brunswick Museum.

Links

• La Marca, E., Azevedo-Ramos, C. & Barrio Amorós, C.L. 2004. IUCN: Allophryne ruthveni  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59659A11965583. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59659A11965583.en. Accessed on 14 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Tukeit Hill Frog