Rhombophryne botabota

Rhombophryne botabota

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: Rhombophryne
Species: Rhombophryne botabota

Name

Rhombophryne botabota Scherz, Glaw, Vences, Andreone & Crottini, 2016: 95

• Holotype: ZSM 358/2005 (FGZC 2896), adult ♂, collected by F. Glaw, M. Vences, and R.D. Randrianiaina on 18 February 2005.
• Type locality: “Marojejy National Park (‘Camp Simpona’), 14.4364° S, 49.7433° E, 1,326 m above sea level (a.s.l.), Sava Region, northeastern Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Scherz, M.D., Glaw, F., Vences, M., Andreone, F. & Crottini, A. 2016. Two new species of terrestrial microhylid frogs (Microhylidae: Cophylinae: Rhombophryne) from northeastern Madagascar. Salamandra 52(2): 91–106. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Belluardo, F., Scherz, M.D., Santos, B., Andreone, F., Antonelli, A., Glaw, F., Muñoz-Pajares, A.J., Randrianirina, J.E., Raselimanana, A.P., Vences, M. & Crottini, A. 2022. Molecular taxonomic identification and species level phylogeny of the narrow-mouthed frogs of the genus Rhombophryne (Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae) from Madagascar. Systematics and Biodiversity 20(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2039320 Reference page.