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Silurana (clawed frog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pipidae

Taxonomy
Silurana was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pipidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Xenopinae by Sanchiz (1998); to Xenopodinae by Henrici and Báez (2001) and Báez and Harrison (2005); and to Pipimorpha by Baez (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Silurana Gray
1996Silurana Frank and Ramus
1998Silurana Sanchiz
2001Silurana Henrici and Báez p. 879
2005Silurana Báez and Harrison p. 731
2013Silurana Baez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
XenoanuraSavage 1973
PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPipidaeGray 1825
subfamilyXenopodinaeFitzinger 1843
genusSiluranaGray 1864

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Silurana Gray 1864 [clawed frog]
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Silurana epitropicalis Fischberg et al. 1982 [Cameroon clawed frog]
Silurana tropicalis Gray 1864 [Tropical clawed frog]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available