Leiopelma hamiltoni

Taxonavigation

Leiopelma hamiltoni

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: Leiopelmatidae
Genus: Leiopelma
Species: Leiopelma hamiltoni
Invalid combinations (1): Leioaspetos hamiltoni

Name

Leiopelma hamiltoni McCulloch, 1919

• Authority for current placement: original
• Gender: [unchangeable]
• Original genus: Leiopelma Fitzinger, 1861
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Repository: MONZ, as 'Dominion Museum, Wellington' [AM.000012]
  • Type locality: 'Stephen Island, Cook Strait'

References

Primary references

• McCulloch, A.R. 1919. A new discoglossoid frog from New Zealand. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 51: 447–449, plate XXX. [Includes "Supplementary note by Charles Hedley, F.L.S., Australian Museum".] Full text and PDF. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 447, and figs. 1, 3, 4, plate XXX]

Additional references

• Bell, B.D. (compiler) 2009: New Zealand living and fossil amphibians. P. 542 in:
• King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page.  [listed]
• Bell, B.D., Daugherty, C.H. & Hay, J.M. 1998. Leiopelma pakeka, n. sp. (Anura: Leiopelmatidae), a cryptic species of frog from Maud Island, New Zealand, and a reassessment of the conservation status of L. hamiltoni from Stephens Island. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(1): 39–54. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9517554 . Reference page. 
• Brown, D. 1994. Transfer of Hamilton's frog, Leiopelma hamiltoni, to a newly created habitat on Stephens Island, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology 21(4): 425–430. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1994.9518012
• Meyer-Rochow, V.B. & Pehlemann, F.W. 1990. Retinal organisation in the native New Zealand frogs Leiopelma archeyi, L. hamiltoni, and L. hochstetteri (Amphibia: Anura; Leiopelmatidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 20(4): 349–366. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1990.10426718
• Mittleman & Myers. 1949. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 62: 57–68.
• Turbott, E.G. 1942. The distribution of the genus Leiopelma in New Zealand with a description of a new species. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 71: 247–253, plate 42. full text and pdf Reference page. 
• Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A synopsis of the Amphibia and Reptilia of New Zealand. Australian journal of herpetology (supplementary series), (1): 62–64.

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 Leiopelma hamiltoni . Accessed on 03 June 2008.

• BHL bibliography
• Leiopelma hamiltoni – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Leiopelma hamiltoni.
• ION
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Leiopelma hamiltoni  (Endangered) Downloaded on 03 June 2008.

• ZooBank

Vernacular names

English: Hamilton's frog