Pelophylax cretensis

Pelophylax cretensis

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Pelophylax
Species: Pelophylax cretensis

Name

Pelophylax cretensis (Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994)

Type locality: "Kastelli..., western Crete, Greece (35° 30´ N/23° 43´ E), 5 m".

Holotype: MHNG 2543.90.

Synonyms

• Rana cretensis Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994
• Rana (Pelophylax) cretensis — Dubois & Ohler, 1996
• Hylarana cretensis — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho & Somorjai, 2005
• Pelophylax cretensis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006

References

• Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich, and Uzzell, 1994, Not. Nat., Philadelphia, 470 : 2.
• Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 369.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Pelophylax cretensis . Accessed on 04 July 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pelophylax cretensis  (Endangered) Downloaded on 04 July 2008. (as Rana cretensis)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kreta-Wasserfrosch
English: Greek Marsh Frog