Stumpffia staffordi

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: Stumpffia
Species: Stumpffia staffordi

Name

Stumpffia staffordi Köhler, Vences, D'Cruze & Glaw, 2010: 29

• Holotype: ZSM 1667/2008 (FGZC 1674), adult ♂, collected by N. D’Cruze, M. Franzen, F. Glaw, J. Köhler and Z. Nagy on 16 February 2008.
• Type locality: “large cave, 121°19′ S, 49°120′ E, c. 260m a.s.l., Montagne des Français, Antsiranana Province, northern Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Köhler, J., Vences, M., D'Cruze, N. & Glaw, F. 2010. Giant dwarfs: discovery of a radiation of large-bodied 'stump-toed frogs' from karstic cave environments of northern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 282(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00708.x Reference page.