Staurois

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Staurois
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Amphibia
Subclass: Lissamphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Staurois
Cope, 1865
Species

4-5, and see text

Staurois is a small genus of true frogs. They occur from Borneo via Palawan to the Philippines.[1]

[edit] Selected species

The Staurois natator complex is in need of revision.[2]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Matsui et al. (2007)
  2. ^ Diesmos et al. (2004)

[edit] References

  • Diesmos, A.; Alcala, A.; Brown, R.; Afuang, L.; Gee, G.; Inger, R.; Stuebing, R.; Das, I.; Yambun, P. & Lakim, M. (2004). Staurois natator. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 23 July 2007.
  • Matsui, Masafumi; Mohamed, Maryati; Shimada, Tomohiko & Sudin, Ahmad (2007): Resurrection of Staurois parvus from S. tuberilinguis from Borneo (Amphibia, Ranidae). Zool. Sci. 24(1): 101–106. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.101 (HTML abstract)