Amietia hymenopus

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: Amietia
Species: Amietia hymenopus

Name

Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920: 106)

• Type locality: "South Africa".

• Holotype: BM.

Synonyms

• Rana hymenopus Boulenger, 1920
• Phrynobatrachus lawrencei FitzSimons, 1947
• Rana draconensis FitzSimons, 1948
• Phrynobatrachus lawrencei — Laurent, 1957
• Strongylopus hymenopus — Van Dijk, 1966
• Rana (Stronglylopus) hymenopus — Dubois, 1981
• Strongylopus hymenopus — Clarke & Poynton, 2012
• Amietia hymenopus — Channing, 2015, Zootaxa, 3926: 271

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1920: Descriptions of three new frogs in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history, Series 9, 6: 106–108. BHL [original description: p. 106]
• Channing, A. 2015. The Maluti Mystery revisited: Taxonomy of African River Frogs (Pyxicephalidae, Amietia) on the Drakensberg Mountains in southern Africa. Zootaxa 3925(2): 271–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.2.8 Reference page.  [transfer to Amietia: p. 271]
• Clarke, B.T. & J.C. Poynton; Poynton, J.C. 2012: On the generic and specific identity of the holotype of Rana hymenopus Boulenger 1920 (Amphibia: Anura: Pyxicephalidae). Zootaxa, 3195: 51–56. Preview
• Van Dijk, 1966, Ann. Natal Mus., 18: 259.
• 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 Amietia hymenopus . Accessed on 27 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Amietia hymenopus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Drakensberg Stream Frog