Pelodytes

Pelodytes punctatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pelodytidae
Genus: Pelodytes
Species (5): P. atlanticus – P. caucasicus – P. hespericus – P. ibericus – P. punctatus

Name

Pelodytes Bonaparte, 1838: unnumbered

• Type species: Rana punctata Daudin, 1802, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Pelodytopsis Nikolsky, 1896: 137 [synonymised by Boulenger (1897: 36)]
  • Type species: Pelodytes caucasicus Boulenger, 1896, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1832–1841. Iconographia della Fauna Italica per le Quattro Classi degli Animali Vertebrati. Tomo II. Amphibi. Salviucci: Rome. 65 pp. + 153 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Díaz-Rodríguez, J., Gehara, M., Márquez, R., Vences, M., Gonçalves, H., Sequeira, F., Martínez-Solano, I. & Tejedo, M. 2017. Integration of molecular, bioacoustical and morphological data reveals two new cryptic species of Pelodytes (Anura, Pelodytidae) from the Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa 4243(1): 1–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Parsley Frogs
español: Sapillo moteado

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