Scutiger sikimmensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Megophryidae
Subfamilia: Leptobrachiinae
Genus: Scutiger
Species: Scutiger sikimmensis

Name

Scutiger sikimmensis (Blyth, 1855)

Type locality: "Byutan, foot of Yakla Pass, Sikkim, at an altitude of 13000 feet".

Neotype: BM 1887.11.2.15.

Synonyms

• Bombinator sikimmensis Blyth, 1855
• Bombinator sikkimensis — Günther, 1864
• Scutiger sikkimmensis — Theobald, 1868
• Bufo sikkimmensis — Anderson, 1871
• Bufo sikkimensis Stoliczka, 1872
• Cophophryne sikkimensis — Boulenger, 1887
• Scutiger (Scutiger) sikimmensis — Dubois, 1980

References

• Blyth, 1855 "1854", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 23: 300.
• Dubois, 1980, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 49: 478.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Scutiger sikimmensis . Accessed on 11 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Scutiger sikimmensis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 11 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Sikkim Cat-eyed Toad