Biology:Papurana elberti

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Papurana elberti
Hylarana elberti.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Papurana
Species:
P. elberti
Binomial name
Papurana elberti
(Roux, 1911)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rana elberti Roux, 1911

Hylarana elberti (Roux, 1911)
Sylvirana elberti (Roux, 1911)

Papurana elberti is a species of true frog. It is native to Indonesia and Timor-Leste and found on the islands of Timor and Wetar.[2] The specific name elberti honours Johannes Elbert, a German naturalist who joined an expedition to the Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi in 1910.[3] Common name Lesser Sundas frog has been coined for it.[2]

Taxonomy

Based on molecular data, the previously very diverse genus Hylarana was split in numerous genera in 2015. Molecular data from Papurana elberti was not included in the study, and therefore its placement in Papurana is provisional, pending more morphological and molecular data.[2][4]

Conservation

Papurana elberti has been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but the assessment is from 2004 and suggest a broader range[1] than more recent sources.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Djoko Iskandar; Mumpuni (2004). "Papurana elberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58590A11792878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58590A11792878.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58590/11792878. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Papurana elberti (Roux, 1911)". American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Papurana/Papurana-elberti. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA63. 
  4. Oliver, Lauren A.; Prendini, Elizabeth; Kraus, Fred; Raxworthy, Christopher J. (2015). "Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 90: 176–192. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.001. PMID 25987527. 

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