Hoplobatrachus

Hoplobatrachus tigerinus

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: Dicroglossidae
Subfamilia: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Hoplobatrachus
Species: H. chinensis – H. crassus – H. occipitalis – H. tigerinus

Name

Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863

Type species: Hoplobatrachus ceylanicus Peters, 1863 (= Rana tigerina Daudin, 1802),

Synonyms

• Hydrostentor Fitzinger, 1861
• Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863
• Hydrostentor Steindachner, 1867
• Ranosoma Ahl, 1924
• Tigrina Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990

References

• Peters, 1863, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1863: 449.
• Hasan, M., Kuramoto, M., Islam, M.M., Alam, M.S., Khan, M.R. & Sumida, M. 2012. A new species of genus Hoplobatrachus (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from the coastal belt of Bangladesh. Zootaxa 3312(1): 45–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3312.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Hoplobatrachus access date 27 May 2008

Vernacular names

English: Peters Frogs; Crowned Bullfrogs