Niceforonia babax

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: Niceforonia babax

Name

Niceforonia babax (Lynch, 1989)

Type locality: "'Finca La Planada,' 5 km by road from caserio Chucunés, Municipio de Ricuarte, Departamento de Nariño, Colombia, 1970 m".

Holotype: ICN 13592.

Synonyms

• Eleutherodactylus babax Lynch, 1989
• Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) babax — Lynch, 1996
• "Eleutherodactylus" babax — Heinicke, Duellman & Hedges, 2007
• Isodactylus babax — Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008
• Hypodactylus babax — Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008

References

• Lynch, 1989, Milwaukee Public Mus. Contrib. Biol. Geol., 79: 10.
• Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (Suppl. Inform.), 104: Table 2.
• Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1795: 67–68.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Niceforonia babax
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Niceforonia babax  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 16 May 2008. (as Eleutherodactylus babax)

Vernacular names

English: Narino Robber Frog