Psychrophrynella wettsteini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brachycephaloidea

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 Superfamilia: Brachycephaloidea

Familia: Strabomantidae
Subfamilia: Holoadeninae
Genus: Psychrophrynella
Species: Psychrophrynella wettsteini

Name

Psychrophrynella wettsteini (Parker, 1932)

Type locality: "Untuaro or Pongo, Peru, 2000 metres", possibly Departamento Amazonas, Peru.

Holotype: NHMW 15845.

Synonyms

• Eupsophus wettsteini Parker, 1932
• Syrrhophus laplacai Cei, 1968
• Niceforonia laplacai — Lynch, 1969
• Niceforonia wettsteini — Lynch, 1969
• Phrynopus laplacai — Lynch, 1975
• Phrynopus wettsteini — Lynch, 1975
• Psychrophrynella wettsteini — Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008

References

• Parker, 1932, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 10: 343.
• Lynch, 1975, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 35: 40.
• Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 102.
• 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. Psychrophrynella wettsteini
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Psychrophrynella wettsteini  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 12 May 2008. (as Phrynopus wettsteini)

Vernacular names

English: Wettstein's Andes Frog