Cardioglossa

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Cardioglossa
Cardioglossa leucomystax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Arthroleptidae
Genus: Cardioglossa
Boulenger, 1900
Species

See text.

Cardioglossa is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae found in western and central Africa. Their common name is long-fingered frogs.

Species

There are 16 species of Cardioglossa.[1]

  • Alsco long-fingered frog (C. alsco), Herrmann, Herrmann, Schmitz & Böhme, 2004
  • Freetown long-fingered frog (C. aureoli), Schiøtz, 1964
  • Mukuzira long-fingered frog (C. cyaneospila), Laurent, 1950
  • Elegant long-fingered frog (C. elegans), Boulenger, 1906
  • Equatorial Guinea long-fingered frog (C. escalerae), Boulenger, 1903
  • Rio Benito long-fingered frog (C. gracilis), Boulenger, 1900
  • Ongot long-fingered frog (C. gratiosa), Amiet, 1972
  • Silver long-fingered frog (C. leucomystax), (Boulenger, 1903)
  • Amiet's long-fingered frog (C. melanogaster), Amiet, 1972
  • Blackspotted long-fingered frog (C. nigromaculata), Nieden, 1908
  • Western long-fingered frog (C. occidentalis), Blackburn, Kosuch, Schmitz, Burger, Wagner, Gonwouo, Hillers, and Rödel, 2008
  • Mount Okou long-fingered frog (C. oreas), Amiet, 1972
  • Black long-fingered frog (C. pulchra), Schiøtz, 1963
  • Acha Tugi long-fingered frog (C. schioetzi), Amiet, 1982
  • Nsoung long-fingered frog (C. trifasciata), Amiet, 1972
  • Highland long-fingered frog (C. venusta), Amiet, 1972

References

  1. ↑ Blackburn, David C. (2008). "A new species of Cardioglossa (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) endemic to Mount Manengouba in the Republic of Cameroon, with an analysis of morphological diversity in the genus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154 (3): 611–630. Retrieved 2013-09-09. 
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