Nyctimystes semipalmatus

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: Nyctimystes
Species:

Name

Nyctimystes semipalmatus Parker, 1936

  • Holotype: BMNH BM1947.2.24.25 (formerly 1935.3.9.198), ♀.
  • Type locality: “15 mi. E Mount Victoria .... Kokoda (1200 ft.)”, Northern Province, Papua New Guinea.

Combinations

  • Nyctimystes semipalmata Parker, 1936: 83 [original combination]
  • Nyctimystes semipalmatusDuellman, 1993: 108 [correct gender agreement]
  • Litoria semipalmataFrost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 362 [subsequent combination]

References

  • Parker, 1936, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 17: 83.
  • 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: Nyctimystes semipalmatus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 27 April 2008. (as Nyctimystes semipalmatus)

Vernacular names

  • English: Kokoda Big-eyed Treefrog