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: Ranidae
Genus: Pelophylax
Species: Pelophylax cretensis
Name
Pelophylax cretensis (Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994)
Type locality: "Kastelli..., western Crete, Greece (35° 30´ N/23° 43´ E), 5 m".
Holotype: MHNG 2543.90.
Synonyms
Rana cretensis Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994
Rana (Pelophylax) cretensis — Dubois & Ohler, 1996
Hylarana cretensis — Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho & Somorjai, 2005
Pelophylax cretensis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006
References
Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich, and Uzzell, 1994, Not. Nat., Philadelphia, 470: 2.
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: 369.
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. Pelophylax cretensis . Accessed on 04 July 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Pelophylax cretensis (Endangered) Downloaded on 04 July 2008. (as Rana cretensis)
Vernacular names
English: Greek Marsh Frog
