Tomopterna elegans

Taxonavigation

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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 elegans

Name

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Tomopterna elegans (Calabresi, 1927)

  • Lectotype: MZUF 1116, collected by G. Stefanini and N. Puccioni in 1924. [deignated by Lanza (1978: 240)]
  • Type locality: pozzo di Hongolò (Uadi Hoor)”, Puntland State, Somalia.
  • Paralectotypes (n=3): MZUF 304 and 1115, and MSNM Am 1328 (ex. 585), same data as for the lectotype.

Combinations

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  • Arthroleptis elegans Calabresi, 1927: 16 [original combination]
  • Phrynobatrachus elegansLaurent, 1941: 207 [subsequent combination]
  • Tomopterna elegansZimkus & Larson, 2011: 27 [subsequent combination]

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Vernacular names

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English: Elegant Sand Frog