Anhydrophryne rattrayi

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 rattrayi

Name

Anhydrophryne rattrayi Hewitt, 1919

Type locality: "Hogsback, Amatola Range . . . The Hogsback Hotel is situated on a narrow plateau at the top of the Tyumie Valley,... 3,600 ft. The southern edge of this plateau is bounded by the steep forest-clad slope which descends rapidly to the Tyumie Valley. It was in the depth of this forest that I found the nests", Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

Syntypes: AMG.

References

Hewitt, 1919, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 182.
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 rattrayi . Accessed on 27 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Anhydrophryne rattrayi (Endangered) Downloaded on 27 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Hogsback Frog