Tomopterna ahli

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Tomopterna ahli (Deckert, 1938)

Holotype: ZMB 15, collected by F. Kunze. [lost]
Neotype: SMR 10710, adult ♂, collected by A. Channing and F. Becker on 4 January 2019. [designated by Channing & Becker (2019: 554)]
Type locality: “Lichtenstein (Süd Afrika) [=farm Lichtenstein, Namibia]”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Klein Windhoek, Namibia 22.5722°S, 17.1283°E” by Channing & Becker (2019: 554).

Tomopterna damarensis Dawood & Channing, 2002: 130 [synonymised by Channing & Becker (2019: 552)]
- Holotype: TM 83913 (field number AC1666), adult ♂, collected by Alan Channing on 7 January 1998.
- Type locality: “pools in a riverbed . . . Khorixas, northern Namibia (20°22′ S, 14°58′ E)”.
- Paratypes (n=4): TM 83914–83917 (field numbers AC1665, AC1667–1669), same data as for the holotype.

Deckert, K. 1938. Beiträge zur Osteologie und Systematik ranider Froschlurche. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1938: 127–184. Reference page.
Dawood, A. & Channing, A. 2002. Description of a new cryptic species of African sand frog, Tomopterna damarensis (Anura: Ranidae), from Namibia. African Journal of Herpetology 51(2): 129–134. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635468 Reference page.
Channing, A. & Becker, F. 2019. Correction to the type locality of Tomopterna ahli (Deckert, 1938) (Anura: Pyxicephalidae), with the designation of a neotype. Zootaxa 4688(4): 549–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.4.6 Reference page.

English: Damara Sand Frog