Strongylopus merumontanus

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: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Cacosterninae
Genus: Strongylopus
Species: Strongylopus merumontanus

Name

Strongylopus merumontanus (Lönnberg, 1910)

Type locality: "Meru mountain 3,000 m. above the sea", Tanzania.

Holotype: NHRM or ZIUS ?

Synonyms

• Rana merumontana Lönnberg, 1910
• Rana (Ptychadena) merumontana — De Witte, 1921
• Rana fasciata merumontana — Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
• Stronglylopus merumontanus — Channing & Davenport, 2002

References

• Lönnberg, E. 1910, in Sjöstedt (ed.), Wissenschaft. Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exped. Kilimandjaro 1(4): 21.
• Channing & Davenport 2002. Afr. J. Herpetol. 51: 140.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Strongylopus merumontanus . Accessed on 27 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Strongylopus merumontanus  (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 27 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mount Meru Stream Frog