Chiromantis cherrapunjiae

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: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Chiromantis
Species: Chiromantis cherrapunjiae

Name

Chiromantis cherrapunjiae (Roonwal & Kripalani, 1966)

Type locality: "vicinity of the Circuit House near Cherrapunji.... (Khasi-Jaintia Hills District, Assam), Lat. 25° 15´ N, and Long. 91° 44´ E, altitude above mean sea level 4369 ft. or ca. 1330 metres", India.

Holotype: ZSIC 20806.

Synonyms

• Philautus cherrapunjiae Roonwal & Kripalani, 1966: 326.
• Chirixalus cherrapunjiae — Bossuyt & Dubois, 2001
• Chiromantis cherrapunjiae — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 367.

References

Primary references

• Roonwal, M.L. & Kripalani, M.B. 1966. "1961". A new frog, Philautus cherrapunjiae (family Ranidae) from Assam, India, with field observation on its behavior and metamorphosis. Records of the Indian Museum 59: 325–333. Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 

Links

• 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 Chiromantis cherrapunjiae . Accessed on 06 July 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Chiromantis cherrapunjiae  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 06 July 2008. (as Chirixalus cherrapunjiae)

Vernacular names

English: Cherrapunji Bush Frog