Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Pipidae
Genus: Silurana
Species (2): S. epitropicalis – S. tropicalis
Name
Silurana Gray, 1864
Type species: Silurana tropicalis Gray, 1864
References
Blackburn, D.C.; Beier, M. 2011: "Xenopus paratropicalis" is not a valid name. Zootaxa, 3035: 57–58. Preview
Cannatella, D.C.; Trueb, L. 1988: Evolution of pipoid frogs: intergeneric relationships of the aquatic frog family Pipidae (Anura). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 94(1): 1–38. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb00880.x
Gray, 1864, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 14: 315.
Mechkarska, M.; Eman, A.; Coquet, L.; Jérôme, L.; Jouenne, T.; Vaudry, H.; King, J.D.; Takada, K.; Conlon, J.M. 2011: Genome duplications within the Xenopodinae do not increase the multiplicity of antimicrobial peptides in Silurana paratropicalis and Xenopus andrei skin secretions. Comparative biochemistry and physiology (D), 6(2): 206–212. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2011.03.003
Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Silurana access date 25 June 2008
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Vernacular names
English: Tropical Clawed Frogs
日本語: ネッタイツメガエル属
Silurana is a subgenus of frogs in the family Pipidae. They are closely related the clawed frog subgenus, Xenopus.
Species
Cameroon clawed frog (S. epitropicalis)
Tropical clawed frog (S. tropicalis)
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