Tomopterna branchi

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: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Cacosterninae
Genus: Tomopterna
Species: Tomopterna branchi

Name

• Tomopterna branchi Wilson & Channing, 2019: 232

Holotype: ZMB 87233 (field number AC3383), adult ♂, collected by N. Telford on 8 May 2015.

Type locality: “in the dry bed of the Buffels River where it is crossed by the N7 highway, Namaqualand, South Africa (WGS84: 29.67791°S, 17.05214°E)”.

References

Primary references

• Wilson, L. & Channing, A. 2019. A New Sand Frog from Namaqualand, South Africa (Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna). Zootaxa 4609(2): 225–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.2.2. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Namaqua Sand Frog