Sanguirana mearnsi

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: Sanguirana
Species: Sanguirana mearnsi

Name

• Sanguirana mearnsi (Stejneger, 1905)

Holotype: USNM 35258.

Type locality: “Baganga River, East Coast Range Mountains, Mindanao[, Philippines]; altitude between 1,000 and 5,000 feet”.

Combinations

• Rana mearnsi Stejneger, 1905: 343 [original combination]
• Sanguirana mearnsi — Brown, Prue, Chan, Gaulke, Sanguila & Siler, 2017: 210 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Rana dubita Taylor, 1920: 267 [synonymized by Brown, Prue, Chan, Gaulke, Sanguila & Siler (2017: 214)]

Holotype: CMNH (formerly EHT 1460). [probably lost in transit according to Taylor (1944: 139)]

Type locality: “Bunawan, Agusan, Mindanao”, Philippines.

• Rana everetti albotuberculata Inger, 1954: 311 [synonymized by Brown, Prue, Chan, Gaulke, Sanguila & Siler (2017: 210)]

Holotype: MCZ 23190, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Cabalian, Leyte”, Philippines.

References

Primary references

• Stejneger, L. 1905. Three new frogs and one new gecko from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28: 343–348. BHL
• Taylor, E.H. 1920. Philippine Amphibia. Philippine Journal of Science 16(3): 213–359. BHL Reference page. 
• Inger, R.F. 1954. Systematics and zoogeography of Philippine Amphibia. Fieldiana: Zoology 33: 183–531. BHL
• Brown, R.M., Prue, A., Chan, K.O., Gaulke, M., Sanguila, M.B. & Siler, C.D. 2017. Taxonomic reappraisal of the Northeast Mindanao Stream Frog, Sanguirana albotuberculata (Inger 1954), validation of Rana mearnsi, Stejneger 1905, and description of a new species from the central Philippines. Herpetological Monographs 31(1): 210–231. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00009.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Dolino, C., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Paguntalan, L., Pedregosa, M., Ubaldo, D. & Gutierrez, B. 2004. IUCN: Sanguirana albotuberculata  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58539A11798706. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58539A11798706.en

Vernacular names

English: Cabilian Frog