Rhombophryne ellae

Rhombophryne ellae

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: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Cophylinae
Genus: Rhombophryne
Species: Rhombophryne ellae

Name

Rhombophryne ellae Scherz, 2020: 316

• Holotype: ZSM 76/2018 (MSZC 0534), adult or subadult ♀, collected by M.D. Scherz, J.H. Razafindraibe, A. Razafimanantsoa, O. Randriamalala, S.M. Rasolonjavato, R. Tiavina, E.Z. Lattenkamp, and A. Rakotoarison on 28 December 2017.
• Type locality: “Montagne d’Ambre National Park (12.5066°S, 49.1746°E, 892 m a.s.l.), Antsiranana Region, northern Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Scherz, M.D. 2020. Diamond frogs forever: a new species of Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880 (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from Montagne d’Ambre National Park, northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 313–323. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.51372 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Belluardo, F., Scherz, M.D., Santos, B., Andreone, F., Antonelli, A., Glaw, F., Muñoz-Pajares, A.J., Randrianirina, J.E., Raselimanana, A.P., Vences, M. & Crottini, A. 2022. Molecular taxonomic identification and species level phylogeny of the narrow-mouthed frogs of the genus Rhombophryne (Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae) from Madagascar. Systematics and Biodiversity 20(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2039320 Reference page. 

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