Afrixalus lacustris

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: Hyperoliidae
Subfamilia: Hyperoliinae
Genus: Afrixalus
Species: Afrixalus lacustris

Name

Afrixalus lacustris Greenbaum, Dehling, Kusamba & Portik in Greenbaum et al., 2022: 218

• Holotype: UTEP 20805, adult ♂, collected by Chifundera Kusamba and Félix I. Alonda on 21 December 2010.
• Type locality: “the vicinity of Kalundu (03.15552° S, 28.42108° E, 1482 m), South Kivu Province, DRC”.

References

Primary references

• Greenbaum, E., Portik, D.M., Allen, K.E., Vaughan, E.R., Badjedjea, G., Barej, M.F., Behangana, M., Conkey, N., Dumbo, B., Gonwouo, L.N., Hirschfeld, M., Hughes, D.F., Igunzi, F., Kusamba, C., Lukwago, W., Masudi, F.M., Penner, J., Reyes, J.M., Rödel, M.-O., Roelke, C.E., Romero, S. & Dehling, J.M. 2022. Systematics of the Central African Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus laevis (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with the description of two new species from the Albertine Rift. Zootaxa 5174(3): 201–232. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.3.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Great Lakes Spiny Reed Frog