Metacrinia nichollsi

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: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Metacrinia
Species: Metacrinia nichollsi

Name

Metacrinia nichollsi (Harrison, 1927)

• Holotype: MMUS, ♀, collected by L. Harrison on 28 August 1926.
• Type locality: “Pemberton, in the Karri country, 218 miles south of Perth”, Western Australia.

Combinations

• Pseudophryne nichollsi Harrison, 1927: 284 [original combination]
• Metacrinia nichollsi — Parker, 1940: 93 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Harrison, L. 1927. Notes on some Western Australian Frogs, with descriptions of new species. Records of the Australian Museum 15(4): 277–287. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.15.1927.815 Reference page. 
• Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1–106.

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Metacrinia nichollsi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41169A78443859. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T41169A78443859.en. Accessed on 03 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Nicholl's Toadlet