Rhombophryne nilevina

Rhombophryne nilevina

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 nilevina

Name

Rhombophryne nilevina Lambert, Hutter & Scherz, 2017: 147

• Holotype: KU 340897 (CRH 798), adult ♂, collected by Shea Maddock Lambert, Emile Rajeriarison, and Ralaivao Jean Fulgence on 8 February 2015.
• Type locality: “in montane rainforest near the former village of Andemaka in Ranomafana National Park (ca. 21.1287°S, 47.5054°E, elevation ca. 1240m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Lambert, S.M., Hutter, C.R. & Scherz, M.D. 2017. Diamond in the rough: a new species of fossorial diamond frog (Rhombophryne) from Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 143–155. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.10188 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Buried Diamond Frog
français: La grenouille de diamant enterré

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