Nanorana mokokchungensis

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: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Nanorana
Species: Nanorana mokokchungensis

Name

Nanorana mokokchungensis (Das & Chanda, 2000)

• Holotype: ZSI A 8889, adult ♂, collected by Veena Tandon in 1996.
• Type locality: “Mokokchung (26°20′ N; 94°30′ E), alt. ca. 1200 m above msl., Nagaland State, north-eastern India”.

Combinations

• Scutiger mokokchungensis Das & Chanda, 2000: 69 [original combination]
• Paa (Paa) mokokchungensis — Dubois, 2002: 504 [subsequent combination]
• Nanorana mokokchungensis — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho & Somorjai, 2005: 239 [subsequent combination]
• Chaparana (Paa) mokokchungensis — Ohler & Dubois, 2006: 781 [subsequent combination]
• Maculopaa mokokchungensis — Fei, Ye & Jiang, 2010: 26 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Das, I. & Chanda, S.K. 2000. A new species of Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) from Nagaland, north-eastern India. Herpetological Journal 10(2): 69–72. PDF Reference page. 
• Chen, L.-Q., Murphy, R.W., Lathrop, A., Ngo, A., Orlov, N.L., Ho, C.T. & Somorjai, I.L.M. 2005. Taxonomic chaos in Asian ranid frogs: an initial phylogenetic resolution. Herpetological Journal 15(4): 231–243. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Bordoloi, S., Ohler, A. & Dutta, S. 2004. IUCN: Nanorana mokokchungensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58433A11780625. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58433A11780625.en. Accessed on 05 December 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Mokokchung Paa Frog