Leptopelis shebellensis

Leptopelis shebellensis, ♂, Geysey Grassland, Ethiopia.

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: Arthroleptidae
Subfamilia: Leptopelinae
Genus: Leptopelis
Species: Leptopelis shebellensis

Name

Leptopelis shebellensis Goutte, Reyes-Velasco, Kassie & Boissinot, 2022: 82

• Holotype: ZNHM-AAU SB482, adult ♂, collected by S. Goutte and Y. Bourgeois on 26 June 2018.
• Type locality: “near the town of Ch’ange, Oromia, Ethiopia (8.1263°N, 39.4360°E, 2429 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Goutte, S., Reyes-Velasco, J., Kassie, A. & Boissinot, S. 2022. Genetic and morphometric analyses of historical type specimens clarify the taxonomy of the Ethiopian Leptopelis gramineus species complex (Anura, Arthroleptidae). Zookeys 1128: 63–97. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1128.82176 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Shebelle River Burrowing African Treefrog