Staurois
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| Staurois | |
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| Staurois natator | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Subclass: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Staurois Cope, 1865 |
| Species | |
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4-5, and see text | |
Staurois is a small genus of true frogs. They occur from Borneo via Palawan to the Philippines.[1] This genus is a quite ancient member of the true frog family, Ranidae.[2]
Selected species
The Staurois natator complex is in need of revision.[3]
- Staurois latopalmatus
- Staurois natator
- Staurois nubilus (Mocquard, 1890) - often included in S. natator
- Staurois parvus Inger & Haile, 1960 - sometimes included in S. tuberilinguis
- Staurois tuberilinguis
Footnotes
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. www.iucnredlist.org. 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)
- Stuart, Bryan L. (2008): The phylogenetic problem of Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 46(1): 49-60. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.016 (HTMl abstract)
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