Occidozyga nishikawai

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: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Occidozyginae
Genus: Occidozyga
Species: Occidozyga nishikawai

Name

Occidozyga nishikawai Ninh, Nguyen, Nguyen, Pham, Hoang, Nguyen, Do, Nguyen, Orlov & Ziegler, 2026: 115

• Holotype: IB A.6287, adult ♂, collected by H.T. Ninh and N. Orlov in April 2023.
• Type locality: “Kon Plong Commune, Quang Ngai Province, Central Vietnam; 1.180 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Ninh, H.T., Nguyen, T.T., Nguyen, H.H., Pham, C.T., Hoang, C.V., Nguyen, V.H.T., Do, D.T., Nguyen, T.Q., †Orlov, N. & Ziegler, T. 2026. A new species of Occidozyga (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) and new records of O. lingnanica from Central Vietnam. ZooKeys 1278: 111–133. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1278.169620 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Nishikawa’s Puddle Frog