Niceforonia elassodiscus

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 elassodiscus

Name

Niceforonia elassodiscus (Lynch, 1973)

Type locality: "Cuyuja, Napo Province, Ecuador, 2830 m."

Holotype: USNM 167668.

Synonyms

• Eleutherodactylus elassodiscus Lynch, 1973
• Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) elassodiscus — Lynch, 1996
• "Eleutherodactylus" elassodiscus — Heinicke, Duellman & Hedges, 2007
• Isodactylus elassodiscus — Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008
• Hypodactylus elassodiscus — Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008

References

• Lynch, 1973, Copeia, 1973: 222.
• 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 elassodiscus
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Niceforonia elassodiscus  (Endangered) Downloaded on 16 May 2008. (as Eleutherodactylus elassodiscus)

Vernacular names

English: Cuyuja Robber Frog