Cyclorana platycephala

Cyclorana platycephala

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: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Cyclorana
Species:

Name

Cyclorana platycephala (Günther, 1873)

Type locality: "Fort Bourke", New South Wales, Australia.

Holotype: BM 1947.2.18.42.

Synonyms

  • Chiroleptes platycephalus Günther, 1873
  • Phractops platycephalus — Nieden, 1923
  • Cyclorana platycephalus — Parker, 1940
  • Cyclorana slevini Loveridge, 1950
  • Neophractops platycephalus — Wells and Wellington, 1985
  • Neophractops slevini — Wells and Wellington, 1985
  • Cyclorana platycephala — Duellman in Frost, 1985
  • Litoria (Cyclorana) platycephala — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

References

  • Günther, 1873, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 11: 350.
  • Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 362.
  • 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Cyclorana platycephala  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 April 2008.

Vernacular names

  • English: Common Water-holding Frog