Rhombophryne longicrus

Rhombophryne longicrus

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 longicrus

Name

Rhombophryne longicrus Scherz, Rakotoarison, Hawlitschek, Vences & Glaw, 2015: 108

• Holotype: ZSM 1630/2012 (FGZC 3653), adult ♀, collected by A. Rakotoarison, A. Razafimanantsoa, T. Rajoafiarison, F.M. Ratsoavina, O. Hawlitschek and F. Glaw on 28 November 2012.
• Type locality: “in the montane forest of the Sorata Massif, north Madagascar (ca. 13.675°S, ca. 49.4392°E, ca. 1580 m; datum = WGS84)”.

References

Primary references

• Scherz, M.D., Rakotoarison, A., Hawlitschek, O., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2015. Leaping towards a saltatorial lifestyle? An unusually long-legged new species of Rhombophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(2): 105–114. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.4979 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. 

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