Anhydrophryne hewitti

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: Anhydrophryne
Species: Anhydrophryne hewitti

Name

Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947)

Type locality: "Upper Gorge (at 6000 ft.) of the Cave Stream, a tributary of the Benana, which in turn is a tributary of the Umlambonjwa River, Cathedral Peak Area, Drakensberg, Natal", Rep. South Africa.

Holotype: TMP 21376.

Synonyms

• Arthroleptella hewitti FitzSimons, 1947
• Arthroleptella hewitti hewitti — FitzSimons, 1947
• Arthroleptella hewitti minor FitzSimons, 1947
• Arthroleptis lawrencei Loveridge, 1954
• Phrynobatrachus lawrencei — Laurent, 1957
• Arthroleptella lawrencei — Laurent, 1961
• Anhydrophryne hewitti — Scott, 2005

References

• FitzSimons, 1947, Ann. Natal Mus., 11: 125.
• Scott, 2005, Cladistics, 21: 532.
• 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 Anhydrophryne hewitti . Accessed on 27 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Anhydrophryne hewitti  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 June 2008. (as Arthroleptella hewitti)

Vernacular names

English: Hewitt's Moss Frog