Plethodontohyla alluaudi

Plethodontohyla alluaudi

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: Plethodontohyla
Species: Plethodontohyla alluaudi

Name

• Plethodontohyla alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901)

Holotype: MNHNP 1901.235, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Fort-Dauphin”, southern Madagascar.

Combinations

• Dyscophus alluaudi Mocquard, 1901: 254 [original combination]
• Plethodontohyla alluaudi — Noble & Parker, 1926: 15 [subsequent combination]
• Mantipus alluaudi — Guibé, 1947: 76 [subsequent combination]
• Rhombophryne alluaudi — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 366 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Plethodontohyla laevis tsianovoihensis Angel, 1936: 129 [synonymized by Guibé (1978: 126)]

Holotype: MNHN 1936.0047, adult ♀.

Type locality: “forêt de Tsianovoha”, Madagascar.

References

Primary references

• Mocquard, F. 1901. Note préliminaire sur une collection de reptiles et de batraciens recueillis par M. Alluaud dans le sud de Madagascar. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 7: 251–256.
• Angel, F. 1936. Materiaux herpétologiques recueillis à Madagascar par M. Roger Heim, chargé de Mission. Description de deux formes nouvelles. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Serie 2, 8: 125–129.
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bellati, A., Scherz, M.D., Megson, S., Roberts, S.H., Andreone, F., Rosa, G.M., Noël, J., Randrianirina, J.E., Fasola, M., Glaw, F. & Crottini, A. 2018. Resurrection and re-description of Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913) and transfer of Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901) to the genus Plethodontohyla (Amphibia, Microhylidae, Cophylinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(1): 109–135. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.14698 Reference page. 

Links

• 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 Plethodontohyla alluaudi . Accessed on 16 June 2008.
• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2016. IUCN: Rhombophryne alluaudi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T57965A84180346. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57965A84180346.en

Vernacular names

English: Fort Dauphin Burrowing Frog