Ansonia smeagol

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: Bufonidae
Genus: Ansonia
Species: Ansonia smeagol

Name

Ansonia smeagol Davis, Grismer, Klabacka, Muin, Quah, Anuar, Wood & Sites 2016: 148

• Holotype: LSUHC 12124, adult ♀, collected by Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood JR., Brandon T. Burch, Anthony J. Cobos, Matthew L. Murdoch and Hayden R. Davis on 16 March 2015.
• Type locality: “Genting Highlands, Malaysia (3°25’26.32” N; 101°47’35.52”, 1218 m in elevation)”.
• Etymology: The specific epithet is a noun in apposition in reference to ‘‘Sméagol’’, a fictional character created by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit (1937).

References

Primary references

• Davis, H.R., Grismer, L.L., Klabacka, R.L., Muin M.A., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Wood, P.L. Jr. & Sites, J.W. Jr 2016. The phylogenetic relationships of a new Stream Toad of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a montane region in Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4103(2): 137–153. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.4 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. IUCN: Ansonia smeagol  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T125164376A125164432. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T125164376A125164432.en. Accessed on 31 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: The Precious Stream-Toad