Arthroleptella villiersi

Arthroleptella villiersi

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: Arthroleptella
Species: Arthroleptella villiersi

Name

Arthroleptella villiersi Hewitt, 1935

Type locality: "Jonkershoek near Stellenbosch", Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

Syntypes: AMG.

Synonyms

• Arthroleptella bicolor villiersi Hewitt, 1935
• Phrynobatrachus (Arthroleptella) bicolor villiersi — Laurent, 1941
• Arthroleptella villiersi — Channing, Hendricks & Dawood, 1994

References

• Hewitt, 1935, Rec. Albany Mus., 4: 294.
• Channing, Hendricks, and Dawood, 1994, Description of a new moss frog from the south-western Cape (Anura: Ranidae: Arthroleptella). S. Afr. J. Zool., 29(4): 240-243. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1994.11448357 Reference page. 
• 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 Arthroleptella villiersi . Accessed on 27 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Arthroleptella villiersi  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: De Villiers' Moss Frog