Plethodontohyla laevis

Plethodontohyla laevis

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 laevis

Name

• Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913)

Holotype: SMF 4286 (formerly 1182.a), adult ♀.

Type locality: “Sakana, O Mad[agascar].”

Combinations

• Phrynocara laeve Boettger, 1913: 282 [original combination]
• Plethodontohyla laevis — Parker, 1934: 46 [subsequent combination]

Taxonomic note: synonymized with P. alluadi by Blommers-Schlösser & Blanc (1991: 62), was restaured to species by Bellati et al. (2018: 109).

References

Primary references

• Boettger, O. 1913. Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas. Voeltzkow, A. ed., Reise in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1903–1905 mit Mitteln der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann-Wentzel-Stiftung. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Systematischen Arbeiten. Volume 3, No. 4: 269–376. Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart.

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. 

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Vernacular names

English: Sakana Digging Frog