Stumpffia megsoni

Stumpffia megsoni

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: Stumpffia
Species: Stumpffia megsoni

Name

Stumpffia megsoni Köhler, Vences, D'Cruze & Glaw, 2010: 31

• Holotype: ZSM 1663/2008 (FGZC 1951), adult ♀, collected by S. Megson on 23 February 2007.
• Type locality: “Ampombofofo, from a small cave, 121°05′58″ S, 49°120′20″ E, 20 ma.s.l., Antsiranana Province, northern Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Köhler, J., Vences, M., D'Cruze, N. & Glaw, F. 2010. Giant dwarfs: discovery of a radiation of large-bodied 'stump-toed frogs' from karstic cave environments of northern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 282(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00708.x Reference page.