Strongylopus grayii

Strongylopus grayii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Cacosterninae
Genus: Strongylopus
Species: Strongylopus grayii

Name

Strongylopus grayii (Smith, 1849)

• Holotype: ?BMNH.
• Type locality: “western districts of the Cape Colony, and even close to Cape Town”, South Africa.

Combinations

• Rana grayii Smith, 1849: pl. 78 [original combination]
• Strongylopus grayi — Steindachner, 1867 [subsequent combination]
• Rana grayi grayi — Hewitt, 1933 [subsequent combination]
• Dicroglossus grayi — Deckert, 1938 [subsequent combination]
• Strongylopus grayii grayii — Van Dijk, 1966 [subsequent combination]
• Rana grayii grayii — Passmore & Carruthers, 1979 [subsequent combination]
• Rana (Stronglylopus) grayii — Dubois, 1981 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Rana grayi var. dorsalis Werner, 1910: 297
• Strongylopus springbokensis Channing, 1986: 128 [synonymised by Channing, Schmitz, Zancolli, Conradie & Rödel (2022: 254)]

References

Primary references

• Smith, A. 1838–1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 3. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page. 
• Channing, A. 1986. A new species of the genus Strongylopus Tschudi from Namaqualand, Cape Province, South Africa (Anura: Ranidae). Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 16: 127–135.
• Channing, A., Schmitz, A., Zancolli, G., Conradie, W. & Rödel, M.-O. 2022. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the African frog genus Strongylopus (Anura: Pyxicephalidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 129(1): 243–281 DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0074 Reference page. 

Links

• Jordaan, A. & Rebelo, A. 2025. IUCN: Strongylopus grayii  (Least Concern) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T256624100A247844261. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T256624100A247844261.en. Accessed on 08 May 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Gray's Stream Frog