Lynchius simmonsi

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: Pristimantinae
Genus: Lynchius
Species: Lynchius simmonsi

Name

Lynchius simmonsi (Lynch, 1974)

• Holotype: KU 147068, ♀, collected by John E. Simmons and Bruce MacBryd on 4 January 1972.
• Type locality: “Río Piuntza, Cordillera del Condor, Morona-Santiago Prov., Ecuador, 1830 m”.

Combinations

• Ischnocnema simmonsi Lynch, 1974: 85 [original combination]
• Oreobates simmonsi — Caramaschi & Canedo, 2006: 51 [subsequent combination]
• Lynchius simmonsi — Padial, Chaparro, Castroviejo-Fisher, Guayasamin, Lehr, Delgado C., Vaira, Teixeira, Aguayo-Vedia& de la Riva, 2012: 2 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lynch, J.D. 1974. A new species of leptodactylid frog (Ischnocnema) from the Cordillera del Condor in Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 8(1): 85–87. DOI: 10.2307/1563081
• Caramaschi, U. & Canedo, C. 2006. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of the genera Ischnocnema Reinhard and Lütken, 1862 and Oreobates Jiménez-de-la-Espada, 1872, with notes on the synonymy of Leiuperus verrucosus Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862 (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Zootaxa 1116: 43–54. Abstract & excerpt.

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 Lynchius simmonsi . Accessed on 12 May 2008.
• Coloma, L.A., Ron, S. & Nogales, F. 2004. IUCN: Lynchius simmonsi  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T57108A11580166. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57108A11580166.en

Vernacular names

English: Simmons' Big-headed Frog