Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Mantellidae
Subfamilia: Laliostominae
Genus: Laliostoma
Species: Laliostoma labrosum
Name
Laliostoma labrosum (Cope, 1868)
Type locality: "Madagascar".
Syntypes: MCZ 1583, 1584.
Synonyms
* Tomopterna labrosa Cope, 1868
* Pyxicephalus madagascariensis Grandidier, 1872
* Pyxicephalus labrosus — Peters, 1873
* Rana labrosa — Boettger, 1892
* Rana (Pyxicephalus) labrosa — Boettger, 1913
* Rana (Tomopterna) labrosa — Boulenger, 1919
* Tomopterna (Sphaeroteca) labrosa — [[Dubois, 1987
* Tomopterna (Laliostoma) labrosa — Glaw, Vences & Böhme, 1998
* Laliostoma labrosum — Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Das & Veith, 2000
References
* Cope, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 20: 138.
* Glaw, Vences, and Böhme, 1998, Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch., 36: 35.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Laliostoma labrosum . Accessed on 07 June 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Laliostoma labrosum (Unknown category) Downloaded on 07 June 2008.
* Schmidt, H.; Glaw, F.; Teschke, M.; Vences, M. 2009: The tadpole of the Madagascar bullfrog, Laliostoma labrosum. Zootaxa, 2005: 67-68.
Vernacular names
English: Large-lipped Madagascar Bullfrog
Laliostoma labrosum is a species of frog in the Mantellidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Laliostoma. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, hot deserts, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.
References
* Nussbaum, R., Vences, M. & Andreone, F. 2004. Laliostoma labrosum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
