Leptopelis rufus

Leptopelis rufus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Arthroleptidae
Subfamilia: Leptopelinae
Genus: Leptopelis
Species: Leptopelis rufus

Name

Leptopelis rufus Reichenow, 1874

Type locality: "Walde bei Victoria (now Limbé), am Fusse der Camerunberge", Cameroon; neotype from Nkondjock, Cameroon.

Holotype: ZMB, lost, according to Perret, 1962, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 65: 238; MHNG 1324.65 designated neotype by Perret, 1973.

Synonyms

• Hylambates rufus — Boulenger, 1882

References

• Reichenow, 1874, Arch. Naturgesch., 40: 291.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Leptopelis rufus . Accessed on 24 Mar 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Leptopelis rufus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Red Treefrog