Platyplectrum spenceri

Platyplectrum spenceri

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: Limnodynastidae
Genus: Platyplectrum
Species: Platyplectrum spenceri

Name

Platyplectrum spenceri (Parker, 1940)

Type locality: "Alice Springs, C[endtral]. Australia", Northern Territory, Australia.

Holotype: BM 1947.2.18.79.

Synonyms

• Limnodynastes spenceri Parker, 1940
• Platyplectron spenceri — Cogger, 1979
• Opisthodon spenceri — Wells & Wellington, 1985
• Platyplectrum spenceri — Frost, 2008
• Platyplectrum spenceri — Tyler and Doughty, 2009

References

• Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 50.
• Wells, R.W. & C.R. Wellington. 1985: A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series, 1: 1–61.
• Tyler, M.J. & P. Doughty. 2009: Field Guide to Frogs of Western Australia. Fourth Edition. Perth: Western Australian Museum.
• Frost, 2008, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 5.2.
• 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. Platyplectrum spenceri
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Platyplectrum spenceri  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 06 June 2008. (as Limnodynastes spenceri)

Vernacular names

English: Spencer's Burrowing Frog