Platypelis grandis

Platypelis grandis

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: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Cophylinae
Genus: Platypelis
Species: Platypelis grandis

Name

Platypelis grandis (Boulenger, 1889)

Type locality: "Madagascar".

Syntypes: BM 1947.2.10.54-55 & 1947.2.30.92.

Synonyms

• Platyhyla grandis Boulenger, 1889
• Platyhyla verrucosa Mocquard, 1901
• Platyhyla voeltzkowi Boettger, 1913
• Cophyla tuberculata Ahl, 1929
• Platypelis tuberculata — Parker, 1934
• Platypelis grandis — Guibé, 1978

References

• Boulenger, 1889, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 4: 247.
• Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 116.
• 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 Platypelis grandis . Accessed on 16 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Platypelis grandis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 16 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Boulenger's Giant Treefrog