Niceforonia

Niceforonia adenobrachia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea

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 Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

Familia: Strabomantidae
Subfamilia: Hypodactylinae
Genus: Niceforonia
Species: N. adenobrachia – N. aderca – N. araiodactyla – N. babax – N. brunnea – N. columbiana – N. dolops – N. elassodiscus – N. fallaciosa – N. latens – N. lucida – N. mantipus – N. nana – N. nigrovittata – N. peraccai

Name

Niceforonia Goin & Cochran, 1963: 499

• Type species: Niceforonia nana Goin & Cochran, 1963, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Isodactylus Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008: 108 [preoccupied by Isodactylus Gray, 1845]
  • Type species: Eleutherodactylus elassodiscus Lynch, 1973, by original designation.

• Hypodactylus Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008: 67 [nomen novum for Isodactylus Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008; synonymised by Acosta-Galvis, Streicher, Manuelli, Cuddy & de Sá (2018: 494)]

References

Primary references

• Goin, C.J. & Cochran, D.M. 1963. Two new genera of leptodactylid frogs from Colombia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series 31: 499–505.
• Hedges, S.B., Duellman, W.E. & Heinicke, M.P. 2008. New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation. Zootaxa 1737(1): 1–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1 Reference page. 
• Hedges, S.B., Duellman, W.E. & Heinicke, M.P. 2008. A replacement name for Isodactylus Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008. Zootaxa 1795(1): 67–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1795.1.5 Reference page. 
• Acosta-Galvis, A.R., Streicher, J.W., Manuelli, L., Cuddy, T. & Sá, R.O. de 2018. Molecular insights into the phylogenetic placement of the poorly known genus Niceforonia Goin & Cochran, 1963 (Anura: Brachycephaloidea). Zootaxa 4514(4): 487–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Niceforonia. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (14 February 2022). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001

Vernacular names

English: Andes Frog