Pelophylax saharicus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Pelophylax
Species: Pelophylax saharicus

Name[edit]

Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger in Hartert, 1913)

Type locality: "in the 'lake' at El-Golea [Golea, Laghout], and in the ditches of the Tidikelt oases called Igosten and In-Salah [= Salah Oasis, Tamanrasset]", Algeria.

Syntypes: BM 1912.11.9.136-145, 1912.11.9.147-156, and 8 unnumbered specimens.

Synonyms[edit]

Rana esculenta var. Latastei Camerano, 1882
Rana esculenta var. latastii — Boulenger, 1883
Rana esculenta var. saharica Boulenger in Hartert]], 1913
Rana ridibunda saharica — Terentjev, 1927
Rana zavattarii Scortecci, 1936
Rana ridibunda riodeoroi Salvador & Peris, 1975
Rana (Rana) saharica — Dubois, 1987
Rana (Pelophylax) saharica — Dubois, 1992
Rana saharica riodeori — Arano, Llorente, Montori, Buckley & Herrero, 1998
Rana saharica saharica — Arano, Llorente, Montori, Buckley & Herrero, 1998
Hylarana saharicus — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho & Somorjai, 2005
Pelophylax saharicus — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006

References[edit]

Boulenger in Hartert, 1913, Novit. Zool., 20: 84.
Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 369.
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Pelophylax saharicus . Accessed on 05 July 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pelophylax saharicus (Least Concern) Downloaded on 05 July 2008. (as Rana saharica)
2010: Annales zoologici, 60 (4): 639–646. DOI: 10.3161/000345410X550508

Vernacular names[edit]

Deutsch: Sahara-Wasserfrosch
English: Sahara Frog
español: Rana verde norteafricana