Amietia ruwenzorica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Cacosterninae
Genus: Amietia
Species: Amietia ruwenzorica

Name

Amietia ruwenzorica (Laurent, 1972)

Type locality: "Kikyo, secteur Munsenene, forêt de montagne, 2. 080 m", Dem. Rep. Congo.

Holotype: MRAC 74-18B5820.

Synonyms

• Rana ruwenzorica Laurent, 1972
• Rana (Rana) ruwenzorica — Dubois, 1987
• Rana (Afrana) ruwenzorica — Dubois, 1992
• Afrana ruwenzorica — Visser & Channing, 1997
• Amietia ruwenzorica — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006

References

• Laurent, 1972, Explor. Parc Natl. Virunga, Ser. 2, 22: 93.
• Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 366.
• Viertel, B., Veith, M., Schick, S., Channing, A., Kigoolo, S., Baeza-Urrea, O., Sinsch, U. & Lötters, S. 2012. The stream-dwelling larva of the Ruwenzori River Frog, Amietia ruwenzorica, its buccal cavity and pathology of chytridiomycosis. Zootaxa 3400: 43–57. Preview Reference page. 

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 Amietia ruwenzorica . Accessed on 27 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Amietia ruwenzorica  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 27 June 2008. (as Afrana ruwenzorica)

Vernacular names

• English: Ruwenzori River Frog