Mertensophryne loveridgei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Mertensophryne
Species: Mertensophryne loveridgei

Name

Mertensophryne loveridgei (Poynton, 1991)

• Holotype: BMNH 1969.1492, adult ♀, collected by A. Rees in 1964.
• Type locality: “Mahenge, Tanzania (8°41´S, 36°43´E, ca. 1,000 m)”.

Combinations

• Stephopaedes loveridgei Poynton, 1991: 456 [original combination]
• Mertensophryne loveridgei — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 365 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Poynton, J.C. 1991. Amphibians of southeastern Tanzania, with special reference to Stephopaedes and Mertensophryne (Bufonidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152: 451–473. BHL
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2013. IUCN: Mertensophryne loveridgei  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T54889A18362171. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T54889A18362171.en. Accessed on 20 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Mahenge Toad