Mertensophryne melanopleura

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Mertensophryne
Species: Mertensophryne melanopleura

Name

Mertensophryne melanopleura (Schmidt & Inger, 1959)

Type locality: "Kankunde, Parc National de lUpemba, Belgian Congo [= Dem. Rep. Congo], . . . at an elevation of 1,300 m.".

Holotype: IRSNB 1.265 .

Synonyms

• Bufo melanopleura Schmidt & Inger, 1959

References

• Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 23.
• 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 Mertensophryne melanopleura . Accessed on 02 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Mertensophryne melanopleura  (Least Concern) (as Bufo melanopleura)

Vernacular names

English: Kankunde Toad