Amolops afghanus

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: Amolops
Species: Amolops afghanus

Name

Amolops afghanus (Günther, 1858)

Syntypes: BM (1 adult, 2 larvae).

Type locality: "Afghanistan".

Lectotype: BMNH 1947.2.27.93, adult female, collection locality stated as Afghanistan (in error), W. Griffith.

Synonyms

• Polypedates afghana Günther, 1858
• Amolops afghanus — Cope, 1865

References

• Günther, A. 1858 “1859”: Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British History Museum. British Museum of Natural History, London.
• Cope, E.D. 1865: Sketch of primary groups of Batrachia: Salientia. Natural History Review, 1865 :97–120.
• Dever J.A., Fuiten A.M., Konu Ã.–, Wilkinson J.A. 2012: Cryptic torrent frogs of Myanmar: an examination of the Amolops marmoratus species complex with the resurrection of Amolops afghanus and the identification of a new species. Copeia, 2012(1): 57–76. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/CH-10-180. [1].