Leptopelis millsoni

Leptopelis millsoni

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: Arthroleptidae
Subfamilia: Leptopelinae
Genus: Leptopelis
Species: Leptopelis millsoni

Name

Leptopelis millsoni (Boulenger, 1895)

Type locality: "mouths of the Niger", Nigeria.

Holotype: BM (2 specimens).

Synonyms

• Hylambates millsoni Boulenger, 1895
• Leptopelis guineensis Ahl, 1929

References

• Boulenger, 1895 "1894", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894: 644.

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• Rödel, M.-O., Emmrich, M., Penner, J., Schmitz, A. & Barej, M.F. 2014. The taxonomic status of two West African Leptopelis species: L. macrotis Schiøtz, 1967 and L. spiritusnoctis Rödel, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1): 21–31. DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.7120 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Leptopelis millsoni . Accessed on 24 Mar 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Leptopelis millsoni  (Least Concern)

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Vernacular names

English: Niger Forest Treefrog