Wijayarana melasma

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: Ranidae
Genus: Wijayarana
Species: Wijayarana melasma

Name

Wijayarana melasma (Stuart & Chan-ard, 2005)

• Holotype: FMNH 215970 (field tag DLD 1032-1), adult ♂, collected by D.L. Damman between 3–6 October 1979.
• Type locality: “Thailand, Kanchanaburi Province, Tham Tarn Lot (= Chalerm Rattanakosin) National Park, from a rocky stream”.

Combinations

• Huia melasma Stuart & Chan-ard, 2005: 284 [original combination]
• Odorrana melasma — Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao & Zhang, 2007 [subsequent combination]
• "Huia" melasma — Stuart, 2008: 54 [subsequent combination, incerti generis]
• Wijayarana melasma — Arifin, Chan, Smart, Hertwig, Smith, Iskandar & Haas, 2021: 689 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Stuart, B.L. & Chan-ard, T. 2005. Two new Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Laos and Thailand. Copeia 2005(2): 279–289. DOI: 10.1643/ch-04-137r3 Reference page. 
• Che, J., Pang, J.-F., Zhao, H., Wu, G.-F., Zhao, E.-M. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2007. Phylogeny of Raninae (Anura: Ranidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.11.032 Reference page. 
• Stuart, B.L. 2008. The phylogenetic problem of Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(1): 49–60. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.016 Reference page. 
• Arifin, U., Chan, K.O., Smart, U., Hertwig, S.T., Smith, E.N., Iskandar, D.T. & Haas, A. 2021. Revisiting the phylogenetic predicament of the genus Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae) using molecular data and tadpole morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(2): 673–699. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa158 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2021. IUCN: Wijayarana melasma  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T61865A131437592. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T61865A131437592.en. Accessed on 20 February 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Spotted-snout Frog