Balebreviceps hillmani

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: Brevicipitidae
Genus: Balebreviceps
Species: Balebreviceps hillmani

Name

Balebreviceps hillmani Largen & Drewes, 1989: 15

• Holotype: LIV 1986.212.385, adult ♂, collected by the Harenna Forest Expedition on 15 August 1986.
• Type locality: “12 km N of Katcha, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia (06°47′N 39°46′E, altitude 3200 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Largen, M.J. & Drewes, R.C. 1989. A new genus and species of brevicipitine frog (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from high altitude in the mountains of Ethiopia. Tropical Zoology 2(1): 13–30. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1989.10539423 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2013. IUCN: Balebreviceps hillmani  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T57703A16948437. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T57703A16948437.en. Accessed on 26 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Bale Mountains Treefrog