Tomopterna banhinensis

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: Tomopterna
Species: Tomopterna banhinensis

Name

Tomopterna banhinensis Channing, Pietersen & Dawood, 2025: 33

• Holotype: TM 85588 (field number BNP016), adult ♂, collected by Errol W. Pietersen on 26 November 2007.
• Type locality: “Banhine National Park, Mozambique, on the edge of a dry wetland (22.6328° S, 33.2673° E)”.

References

Primary references

• Channing, A., Pietersen, D.W. & Dawood, A. 2025. Digging out another cryptic species: A new sand frog (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna) from Mozambique. Zootaxa 5584(1): 26–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.1.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Mozambique Sand Frog