Rhacophorus maximus

Rhacophorus maximus

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: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Rhacophorus
Species: Rhacophorus maximus

Name

Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1858

Type locality: "Nepal" and "Afghanistan".

Syntypes: BM 43.7.21.59 ("Afghanistan") & 58.8.2.24 ("Nepal").

Synonyms

• Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1858
• Rhacophorus gigas Jerdon, 1870
• Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) maximus — Ahl, 1931
• Rhacophorus nigropalmatus maximus — Wolf, 1936
• Rhacophorus maximus — Inger, 1966

References

• Günther, 1858, Arch. Naturgesch., 24: 325.
• Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 321.
• Ohler, A. & Deuti, K. 2018. Polypedates smaragdinus Blyth, 1852—a senior subjective synonym of Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1858. Zootaxa 4375(2): 273–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.2.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Rhacophorus maximus . Accessed on 12 July 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Rhacophorus maximus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 12 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Large Flying Frog