Amerana sierrae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Amerana
Species:

Amerana sierrae (Camp, 1917)

Holotype: MVZ 3734, adult ♀, collected by H.S. Swarth on 26 June 1912.
Type locality: “Matlack Lake, 10,500 feet altitude, two miles southeast of Kearsarge Pass, Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, California”, United States.

Rana boylii sierrae Camp, 1917: 120 [original combination]
Rana sierrae — Vredenburg, Bingham, Knapp, Morgan, Moritz & Wake, 2007: 370 [subsequent combination]
Amerana sierrae — Dubois, Ohler & Pyron, 2021: 424 [subsequent combination]

Camp, C.L. 1917. Notes on the systematic status of the toads and frogs of California. University of California Publications in Zoology 17(9): 115–125. BHL
Vredenburg, V.T., Bingham, R.E., Knapp, R., Morgan, J.A.T., Moritz, C. & Wake, D.B. 2007. Concordant molecular and phenotypic data delineate new taxonomy and conservation priorities for the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog. Journal of Zoology 271(4): 361–374. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00258.x Reference page.

Hammerson, G. 2008. IUCN: Amerana sierrae (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T136114A4240654. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136114A4240654.en. Accessed on 09 November 2022.