Aubria | |
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Aubria masako | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
Subfamily: | Pyxicephalinae |
Genus: |
Aubria Boulenger, 1917 |
Type species | |
Rana subsigillata Duméril, 1856
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Aubria is a small genus of frogs, with two (possibly three [1]) known species. All members of this genus are found in West Africa. Their common name is ball frogs or fishing frogs. [2]
The genus name Aubria is in honour of Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte, a French colonial administrator and amateur naturalist. [3]
The recognized species are: [2]
The status of A. occidentalis is disputed; following the Amphibian Species of the World [4] it is here treated as a synonym of A. subsigillata.
Aubria | |
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Aubria masako | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
Subfamily: | Pyxicephalinae |
Genus: |
Aubria Boulenger, 1917 |
Type species | |
Rana subsigillata Duméril, 1856
|
Aubria is a small genus of frogs, with two (possibly three [1]) known species. All members of this genus are found in West Africa. Their common name is ball frogs or fishing frogs. [2]
The genus name Aubria is in honour of Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte, a French colonial administrator and amateur naturalist. [3]
The recognized species are: [2]
The status of A. occidentalis is disputed; following the Amphibian Species of the World [4] it is here treated as a synonym of A. subsigillata.