Arthroleptella lightfooti

Arthroleptella lightfooti

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 Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Cacosterninae
Genus: Arthroleptella
Species: Arthroleptella lightfooti

Name

Arthroleptella lightfooti (Boulenger, 1910)

Type locality: "Cape Colony: Newlands, Cape Division . . . . near Cape Town", Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

Holotype: SAM, lost.

Synonyms

• Arthroleptis lightfooti Boulenger, 1910
• Pararthroleptis lightfooti — Ahl, 1925
• Arthroleptella lightfooti — Hewitt, 1926
• Phrynobatrachus (Arthroleptella) lightfooti — Laurent, 1941

References

• Boulenger, 1910, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 5: 538.
• Hewitt, 1926, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 20: 427.
• 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 Arthroleptella lightfooti . Accessed on 27 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Arthroleptella lightfooti  (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 27 June 2008.

Vernacular names

• English: Lightfoot's Moss Frog