Petropedetes
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| Petropedetes | |
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| Petropedetes cameronensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Petropedetidae |
| Genus: | Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874 |
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12 species (see text) | |
Petropedetes is a genus of frog in the Petropedetidae family. Recently, the genus absorbed all three species of the former Arthroleptides genus.
It contains these species:[1]
- Petropedetes cameronensis (Reichenow, 1874) –
- Petropedetes dutoiti ↔ Arthroleptides dutoiti (Loveridge, 1935) – Du Toit's torrent frog
- Petropedetes euskircheni (Barej et al., 2010)
- Petropedetes johnstoni (Boulenger, 1888)
- Petropedetes juliawurstnerae (Barej et al., 2010)
- Petropedetes martiensseni ↔ Arthroleptides martiensseni (Nieden, 1911) – Usambara torrent frog
- Petropedetes natator (Boulenger, 1905)
- Petropedetes palmipes (Boulenger, 1905)
- Petropedetes parkeri (Amiet, 1983)
- Petropedetes perreti (Amiet, 1973)
- Petropedetes vulpiae (Barej et al., 2010)
- Petropedetes yakusini ↔ Arthroleptides yakusini (Channing, Moyer and Howell, 2002)
Former members:
- Petropedetes newtoni (Bocage, 1895) – Barej et al. (2010) considers P. darwinii occurring in Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) a synonym of P. johnstoni.[2]
References
- ↑ "Names assigned to genus Petropedetes". Amphibian Species of the World 5.5 Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ↑ "Petropedetes johnstoni". The IUCN Red List of Endangered Species 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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