Conraua

Conraua crassipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Conrauidae
Genus: Conraua
Species (8): C. alleni – C. beccarii – C. crassipes – C. derooi – C. goliath – C. kamancamarai – C. robusta – C. sagyimase

Name

Conraua Nieden, 1908: 497

• Type species: Conraua robusta Nieden, 1908, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Pseudoxenopus Barbour & Loveridge, 1927: 14
  • Type species: Pseudoxenopus alleni Barbour & Loveridge, 1927, by monotypy.
• Paleorana Scortecci, 1931: 17
  • Type species: Rana beccarii Boulenger, 1911, by subsequent designation of Parker (1936: 137).
• Gigantorana Noble, 1931: 340
  • Type species: Rana goliath Boulenger, 1906, by monotypy.
• Hydrobatrachus Stadie, 1962: 315, 329
  • Type species: Rana beccarii Boulenger, 1911, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Nieden, F. 1908. Die Amphibienfauna von Kamerun. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 3: 491–518.

Additional references

• Blackburn, D.C., Nielsen, S.V., Barej, M.F., Doumbia, J., Hirschfeld, M., Kouamé, N.G., Lawson, D.P., Loader, S.P., Ofori-Boateng, C., Stanley, E.L. & Rödel, M.-O. 2020. Evolution of the African slippery frogs (Anura: Conraua), including the world’s largest living frog. Zoologica Scripta 49(6): 684–696. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12447 Reference page. 
• Neira-Salamea, K., Ofori-Boateng, C., Kouamé, N.G., Blackburn, D.C., Segniagbeto, G.H., Hillers, A., Barej, M.F., Leaché, A.D. & Rödel, M.-O. 2021. A new critically endangered slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua) from the Atewa Range, central Ghana. Zootaxa 4995(1): 71–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.1.4 Reference page. 
• Neira-Salamea, K., Doumbia, J., Hillers, A., Sandberger-Loua, L., Kouamé, N.G., Brede, C., Schäfer, M., Blackburn, D.C., Barej, M.F. & Rödel, M.-O. 2022. A new slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua Nieden, 1908) from the Fouta Djallon Highlands, west-central Guinea. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(1): 23–42. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.76692 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Slippery Frogs