Platyplectrum ornatum

Platyplectrum ornatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Limnodynastidae
Genus: Platyplectrum
Species: Platyplectrum ornatum

Name

Platyplectrum ornatum (Gray, 1842)

Type locality: "North coast of Australia; Port Essington", Northern Territory, Australia.

Holotype: BM 1947.2.19.11.

Synonyms

• Discoglossus ornatus Gray, 1842
• Perialia ornata — Gray, 1845
• Limnodynastes ornatus — Günther, 1859
• Platyplectrum marmoratum Günther, 1863
• Platyplectrum occidentale Cope, 1866
• Borborocoetes ornatus Cope, 1866
• Platyplectrum ornatum — Keferstein, 1867
• Opisthodon frauenfeldi Steindachner, 1867
• Platyplectron ornatus — Cogger, 1979
• Opisthodon marmoratus — Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Opisthodon occidentalis — Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Opisthodon ornatus — Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Platyplectrum ornatum — Frost, 2008

References

• Gray, 1842, Zool. Misc., Part ' 2: 56.
• Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1 : 3.
• Frost, 2008, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 5.2.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Platyplectrum ornatum
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Platyplectrum ornatum  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 06 June 2008. (as Limnodynastes ornatus)

Vernacular names

English: Ornate Burrowing Frog