Ophryophryne elfina

Ophryophryne elfina

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: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Megophryinae
Genus: Ophryophryne
Species: Ophryophryne elfina

Name

Ophryophryne elfina Poyarkov, Duong, Orlov, Gogoleva, Vassilieva, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Che & Mahony, 2017: 83

• Holotype: ZMMU A-5669 (field number NAP-02658), adult ♂, collected by by N.A. Poyarkov on 07 April 2012.
• Type locality: “from the northern slope of Chu Pan Fan Mountain, Chu Yang Sin National Park, Bong Krang Commune, Lak District, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam (coordinates 12°22'31.90"N; 108°21'14.10"E, elevation 1725 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Duong, T.V., Orlov, N.L., Gogoleva, S.S., Vassilieva, A.B., Nguyen, L.T., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, S.N., Che, J. & Mahony, S. 2017. Molecular, morphological and acoustic assessment of the genus Ophryophryne (Anura, Megophryidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with description of a new species. ZooKeys 672: 49–120. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.672.10624. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Elfin Mountain Toad

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