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Megophrys aceras

Interesting Facts

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Amphibia () - Gray, 1825
        Subclass: Lissamphibia () - Haeckel, 1866
        Infraclass: Lissamphibia ()
        Superorder: Salientia ()
        Order: Anura () - (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
        Suborder: Archeobatrachia ()
        Superfamily: Pelobatoidea () - Bonaparte, 1850
        Family: Megophryidae () - Bonaparte, 1850
        Genus: Megophrys () - Kuhl and van Hasselt, 1822
        Specific name: aceras
        Scientific name: - Megophrys aceras

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Megophrys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. kobayashii (Kobayashi's Horned Frog) · M. ligayae (Palawan Horned Frog) · M. minor (Binchuan Horned Toad) · M. montana (Horned Frog) · M. nankiangensis (Nankiang Horned Toad) · M. nasuta (Borneon Horned Frog) · M. omeimontis (Mount Omei Spadefoot Toad) · M. stejnegeri (Mindanao Horned Frog)

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Further Reading

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Asiatic herpetological research. 7 1997 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url fig. 1, page 73, fig. 2, page 74, p. 75, p. 76, p. 98.
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 184, p. 62, p. 95.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 139 1970 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 327.
The University of Kansas science bulletin. 38 1958 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 1039, p. 1077, p. 1079, p. 1185, p. 287, p. 288, fig. 2, page 289, p. 597.
Three new species of frogs and a new tadpole from eastern Thailand / B.L. Stuart. .. [et al.] 111 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2006. url table 1 , p. 18, p. 7.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29298
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14834537
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 629313

Last Revised: 7/21/2012