Niceforonia columbiana

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 columbiana

Name

Niceforonia columbiana (Werner, 1899)

Type locality: "Monte Redondo, Buenavista", Departamento Cundinamarca or Meta, Colombia, 1000-1300 m.

Holotype: Formerly ZIUG, lost.

Synonyms

• Borborocoetes columbianus Werner, 1899
• Eupsophus columbianus — Gorham, 1966
• Niceforonia columbiana — Lynch, 1968
• Phrynopus columbianus — Lynch, 1975
• Niceforonia columbiana — Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008

References

• Werner, 1899, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 49: 480.
• Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 35: 41.
• Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 110.
• 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 columbiana
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Niceforonia columbiana  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 12 May 2008. (as Phrynopus columbianus)

Vernacular names

English: Colombian Andes Frog