Crinia nimbus

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: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Crinia
Species: Crinia nimbus

Name

Crinia nimbus Rounsevell, Ziegeler, Brown, Davies & Littlejohn, 1994: 173

Type locality: "300 m north of Lake Esperance (146° 46´ E, 43° 13´ 30 S), Hartz Mountains National Park, 920 m", southern Tasmania, Australia.

Holotype: TMAG C1012.

Synonyms

• Bryobatrachus nimbus Rounsevell, Ziegeler, Brown, Davies & Littlejohn, 1994
• Crinia nimbus — Read, Keogh, Scott, Roberts, and Doughty, 2001
• Crinia nimba — Tyler and Knight, 2009

References

• Rounsevell, D.E., Ziegeler, D., Brown, P.B., Davies, M.M. & Littlejohn, M.J. 1994. A new genus and species of frog (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Myobatrachinae) from southern Tasmania. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 118: 171–185. Reference page. 
• Read, K., Keogh, J.S., Scott, I.A., Roberts, J.D. & Doughty, P. 2001. Molecular phylogeny of the Australian frog genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and allied taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21: 294–308. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1014 Reference page. : 294.
• Tyler, M.J. & F. Knight. 2009: Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
• 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 Crinia nimbus . Accessed on 21 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Crinia nimbus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 21 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cloud Froglet