Xenorhina gigantea

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: Asterophryinae
Genus: Xenorhina
Species: Xenorhina gigantea

Name

Xenorhina gigantea Van Kampen, 1915

Type locality: "Bijenkorfbiwak" near the Lorentz River, 1700 m elev., Snow Mountains, Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.

Lectotype: ZMA 5702.

Synonyms

• Xenorhina gigantea Van Kampen, 1915
• Xenobatrachus gigantea — Van Kampen, 1915
• Xenorhina gigantea — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006

References

• Van Kampen, 1915, Nova Guinea, 13: 40.
• Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 366.
• 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 Xenorhina gigantea . Accessed on 15 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenorhina gigantea  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 15 June 2008. (as Xenobatrachus giganteus)

Vernacular names

English: Giant Snouted Frog