Limnonectes limborgi

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species: Limnonectes limborgi

Name

Limnonectes limborgi (Sclater, 1892)

• Holotype: ZSIC 5400, obtained by Mr. Limborg.
• Type locality: “Tenasserim”, Myanmar.

Combinations

• Rana limborgi Sclater, 1892: 344 [original combination]
• Rana (Rana) limborgii — Boulenger, 1920: 7 [sncorrect subsequent spelling]
• Limnonectes (Taylorana) limborgi — Dubois, 1987: 63 [subsequent combination]
• Taylorana limborgi — Dubois, 1992: 314 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Platymantis liui Yang, 1983: 53 [synonymised by Huang, Li, Liu, Stuart, Yuan & Zhao (2022: 116)]
  • Holotype: KIZ 195, adult ♂, collected by Wang Quan on 12 May 1982.
  • Type locality: “Menglun, Mengla County, Yunnan, alt. 550 m”, China.

References

Primary references

• Sclater, W.L. 1892. On some specimens of frogs in the Indian Museum, Calcutta with description of several new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 341–348. BHL
• Yang, D.-T. 1983. [A new species of the genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Ranidae)] (In Chinese). Acta Herpetologica Sinica. New Series 2(2): 53–56. BHL
• Huang, J.-Y., Li, Z., Liu, X.-L., Stuart, B.L., Yuan, Z.-Y. & Zhao, H.-P. 2022. The phylogenetic status of Limnonectes liui (Yang, 1983) (Anura: Dicroglossidae) based on mitochondrial genes and its taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 5092(1): 116–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.1.6 Reference page. 

Links

• 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 Limnonectes limborgi . Accessed on 28 May 2008.
• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2017. IUCN: Limnonectes limborgi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T58349A63899945. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T58349A63899945.en. Accessed on 22 January 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Limborg's Fanged Frog