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Mertensophryne  Tihen, 1960
Taxonomic Serial No.: 207255

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Stephopaedes Channing, 1979
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderAnura  – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads  
                            FamilyBufonidae Gray, 1825 – Bufonids, bufonidés, crapauds, Toads  
                               GenusMertensophryne Tihen, 1960  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne anotis (Boulenger, 1907)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne howelli (Poynton and Clarke, 1999)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne lindneri (Mertens, 1955)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne lonnbergi (Andersson, 1911)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne loveridgei (Poynton, 1991)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne melanopleura (Schmidt and Inger, 1959)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne micranotis (Loveridge, 1925)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne mocquardi (Angel, 1924)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne nairobiensis (Loveridge, 1932)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne nyikae (Loveridge, 1953)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne schmidti Grandison, 1972  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne taitana (Peters, 1878)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne usambarae (Poynton and Clarke, 1999)  
                                  SpeciesMertensophryne uzunguensis (Loveridge, 1932)  
       

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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Mertensophryne   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Frost, Darrel R.   
  Publication Date: 1997   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition   
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  Publisher: Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.   
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  Reference for: Mertensophryne   
       

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