Lithobates palmipes

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: Ranidae
Genus: Lithobates
Species: Lithobates palmipes

Name

• Lithobates palmipes Spix, 1824
  • Type locality: "in aquis stagnantibus fluminis Amazonum" = stagnant waters of the Amazon River, Brazil.
  • Holotype: ZSM (4 specimens), lost.

Synonyms

• Rana palmipes Spix, 1824
  • Rana juninensis Tschudi, 1845
  • Lithobates palmipes — Jan, 1857
  • Ranula gollmeri Peters, 1859
  • Rana affinis Peters, 1859
  • Rana clamata var. guianensis Peters, 1863
  • Ranula affinis — Cope, 1866
  • Pohlia palmipes — Steindachner, 1867
  • Ranula palmipes — Cope, 1871
  • Ranula brevipalmata Cope, 1874
  • Ranula nigrilatus Cope, 1874
  • Hylarana brevipalmata — Brocchi, 1877
  • Rana (Ranula) affinis — Sumichrast, 1880
  • Rana nigrilatus — Boulenger, 1882
  • Rana copii Boulenger, 1882
  • Rana brevipalmata — Fowler, 1913
  • Ranula nigrilatus — Boulenger, 1920
  • Rana palmipes forma rionapensis Andersson, 1945
  • Rana (Rana) palmipes — Dubois, 1987
  • Rana (Lithobates) palmipes — Dubois, 1992
  • Rana (Novirana, Sierrana, Ranula, Lithobates) palmipes — Hillis & Wilcox, 2005
  • Lithobates palmipes — Frost et al. 2006
  • Lithobates (Lithobates) palmipes — Dubois, 2006
  • Lithobates palmipes — Crother, 2012

References

• Crother, B.I. (2012). Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. 7th ed. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Herpetological Circular no. 39. 92pp. PDF
• Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61(10): 305–352. PDF Reference page. 
• Dubois, A. 2006. New proposals for naming lower-ranked taxa within the frame of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Comptes Rendus. Biologies. Paris 329: 823–840. PDF
• 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., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M., & Wheeler W.C. 2006. The Amphibian Tree OF Life. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Number 297, 370 pp., 71 figures, 5 tables, 7 appendices PDF
• Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. 2005. Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 299–314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hillis, D. M. (2007). Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 331–338. PDF fulltext
• Spix, J. B. v. 1824. Animalia nova sive Species novae Testudinum et Ranarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII–MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis. München: F. S. Hübschmann.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Lithobates palmipes  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 1 July 2008. (as Rana palmipes)

Vernacular names

English: Amazon River Frog