Ansonia smeagol

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: Bufonidae
Genus: Ansonia
Species: Ansonia smeagol

Name

Ansonia smeagol Davis, Grismer, Klabacka, Muin, Quah, Anuar, Wood & Sites 2016: 148

• Type locality: MALAYSIA: Genting Highlands, (3° 25’ 26.32” N; 101° 47’ 35.52”, 1218 m in elevation).

• Holotype: La Sierra University Herpetological Collection (LSUHC), La Sierra University, Riverside, California, USA, 12124; Adult female collected on 16 March 2015.

• Etymology: The specific epithet is a noun in apposition in reference to ‘‘Sméagol’’, a fictional character created by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Hobbit (1937).

References

Primary references

• Davis, H.R., Grismer, L.L., Klabacka, R.L., Muin M.A., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Wood, P.L. Jr. & Sites, J.W. Jr 2016. The phylogenetic relationships of a new Stream Toad of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from a montane region in Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4103(2): 137–153. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.4. Reference page.  [original description: p. 148]

Vernacular names

English: The Precious Stream-Toad