Odontobatrachus natator

Odontobatrachus natator

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: Odontobatrachidae
Genus: Odontobatrachus
Species: Odontobatrachus natator

Name

Odontobatrachus natator (Boulenger, 1905)

• Syntypes (n=5): BMNH 1947.2.30.65–69 (formerly 1905.1.27.4–5 and 1905.2.2.15–17).
• Type locality: “Sierra Leone”.

Combinations

• Petropedetes natator Boulenger, 1905: 281 [original combination]
• Odontobatrachus natator — Barej, Rödel, Loader, Menegon, Gonwouo, Penner, Gvoždík, Günther, Bell, Nagel & Schmitz, 2014: 269 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1905. Descriptions of new West-African frogs of the genera Petropedetes and Bulua. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7 15: 281–283.
• Barej, M.F., Rödel, M.-O., Loader, S.P., Menegon, M., Gonwouo, N.L., Penner, J., Gvoždík, V., Günther, R., Bell, R.C., Nagel, P. & Schmitz, A. 2014. Light shines through the spindrift – Phylogeny of African torrent frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 261–273. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.001 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barej, M.F., Penner, J., Schmitz, A. & Rödel, M.-O. 2015. Multiple genetic lineages challenge the monospecific status of the West African endemic frog family Odontobatrachidae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 67. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0346-9 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2019. IUCN: Odontobatrachus natator  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T89114149A16927936. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T89114149A16927936.en. Accessed on 19 July 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Sierra Leone Water Frog

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