Hylarana nazgul

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Hylarana
Species: Hylarana nazgul

Name

• Hylarana nazgul Quah, Anuar, Grismer, Wood Jr., Azizah & Muin, 2017: 276

Holotype: USMHC 2231, adult ♂, collected by E.S.H. Quah & D. Chan on 9 April 2016.

Type locality: “Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia (5°47.719’N; 100°26.222’E, 948 m in elevation).”

Paratypes: (n = 5)

• • USMHC 2232-33, same locality as holotype.
  • LSUHC 10512, collected by E.S.H. Quah, M.A. Muin & Y. Omar, on 8 October 2011.
  • LSUHC 10513-14, collected by E.S.H. Quah, M.A. Muin & Y. Omar, on 8 October 2011.

References

Primary references

• Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S.M.S., Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Azizah, M.N.S. & Muin, M.A. 2017. A new species of frog of the genus Abavorana Oliver, Prendini, Kraus & Raxworthy 2015 (Anura: Ranidae) from Gunung Jerai, Kedah, northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4320(2): 272–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.2.4. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Gunung Jerai Black Stream-Frog