Pseudhymenochirus merlini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pipidae
Genus: Pseudhymenochirus
Species: Pseudhymenochirus merlini

Name

Pseudhymenochirus merlini Chabanaud, 1920

Type locality: "Guinée Française: Dixine (près Conakry), ... capturé en pêchant au troubleau dans les trous qui abondent à quelque distance au N.-E. du village, entre la ligne du chemin de fer et la route de Conakry au Niger".

Holotype: MNHNP 1920.186.

Synonyms

Pseudhymenochirus merlini Chabanaud, 1920
Hymenochirus (Pseudhymenochirus) merlini — Lamotte, 1963
Hymenochirus merlini — Sokol, 1977

References

Chabanaud, 1920, Bull. Com. Études Hist. Scient. Afr. Occid. Franç., 1920: 494.
Sokol, 1977, J. Morphol., 154: 357.

Frost, Darrel R. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Pseudhymenochirus merlini . Accessed on 25 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudhymenochirus merlini (Least Concern) Downloaded on 25 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Merlin's Clawed Frog

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