American Museum of Natural History

Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

  • ASW home
  • herpetology site

Names with citations in year 1855

  • Class: Amphibia Gray, 1825
    • Synonym: Psiloderma Van der Hoeven, 1855
    • Order: Anura
      • Family: Arthroleptidae
        • Subfamily: Leptopelinae
          • Genus: Leptopelis
            • Species: Leptopelis aubryi (Duméril, 1856)
              • Synonym: Hyla punctata Hallowell, 1855
      • Family: Batrachylidae
        • Genus: Batrachyla
          • Species: Batrachyla taeniata (Girard, 1855)
            • Synonym: Cystignathus taeniatus Girard, 1855
      • Family: Bufonidae
        • Genus: Amietophrynus
          • Species: Amietophrynus regularis (Reuss, 1833)
            • Synonym: Rana mosaica Seetzen, 1855
        • Genus: Anaxyrus
          • Species: Anaxyrus terrestris (Bonnaterre, 1789)
            • Synonym: Telmatobius lentiginosus — LeConte, 1855
      • Family: Dendrobatidae
        • Subfamily: Dendrobatinae
          • Genus: Dendrobates
            • Species: Dendrobates auratus (Girard, 1855)
              • Synonym: Phyllobates auratus Girard, 1855
      • Family: Dicroglossidae
        • Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
          • Genus: Euphlyctis
            • Species: Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Lesson, 1834)
              • Synonym: Rana robusta Blyth, 1855
          • Genus: Nanorana
            • Species: Nanorana liebigii (Günther, 1860)
              • Synonym: Megalophrys gigas Blyth, 1855
      • Family: Hylidae
        • Subfamily: Hylinae
          • Genus: Pseudacris
            • Species: Pseudacris ornata (Holbrook, 1836)
              • Synonym: Chorophilus ornatus — LeConte, 1855
      • Family: Megophryidae
        • Genus: Scutiger
          • Species: Scutiger sikimmensis (Blyth, 1855)
            • Synonym: Bombinator sikimmensis Blyth, 1855
      • Family: Microhylidae
        • Subfamily: Kalophryninae
          • Genus: Kalophrynus
            • Species: Kalophrynus interlineatus (Blyth, 1855)
              • Synonym: Engystoma (?) interlineatum Blyth, 1855
      • Family: Ptychadenidae
        • Genus: Ptychadena
          • Species: Ptychadena mascareniensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
            • Synonym: Rana nilotica Seetzen, 1855
      • Family: Ranidae
        • Incertae Sedis: Lymnodytes lividus Blyth, 1855
        • Genus: Amolops
          • Species: Amolops marmoratus (Blyth, 1855)
            • Synonym: Polypedates (?) marmoratus Blyth, 1855
        • Genus: Hylarana
          • Species: Hylarana gracilis (Gravenhorst, 1829)
            • Synonym: Lymnodytes macularius Blyth, 1855
        • Genus: Lithobates
          • Species: Lithobates capito (LeConte, 1855)
            • Synonym: Rana capito LeConte, 1855
          • Species: Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)
            • Synonym: Rana conspersa LeConte, 1855
          • Species: Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801)
            • Synonym: Rana clamator — LeConte, 1855
            • Synonym: Rana nigrescens — LeConte, 1855
        • Genus: Rana
          • Species: Rana arvalis Nilsson, 1842
            • Synonym: Rana angustifrongs Schiff, 1855
          • Species: Rana dalmatina Fitzinger, 1839
            • Synonym: Rana agilis Thomas, 1855
          • Species: Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758
            • Synonym: Rana fusca Thomas, 1855
    • Order: Caudata Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
      • Synonym: Saurobatrachi Van der Hoeven, 1855
      • Family: Ambystomatidae
        • Genus: Ambystoma
          • Species: Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855)
            • Synonym: Salamandra texana Matthes, 1855
      • Family: Cryptobranchidae
        • Genus: Andrias Tschudi, 1837
          • Synonym: Megalobranchus — Van der Hoeven, 1855
      • Family: Plethodontidae
        • Subfamily: Plethodontinae
          • Genus: Desmognathus
            • Species: Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)
              • Synonym: Salamandra phoca Matthes, 1855
    • Order: Gymnophiona Müller, 1832
      • Synonym: Ophiomorpha Van der Hoeven, 1855
      • Synonym: Peromela Van der Hoeven, 1855
  • How to cite
  • How to use
  • Higher taxonomy and progress
  • Structure of records
  • History of the project
  • Contributors, 1985 edition
  • Contributors, online edition
  • Versions
  • Museum abbreviations
  • Useful links
  • Copyright and terms of use

Copyright © 1998-2013, Darrel Frost and The American Museum of Natural History. All Rights Reserved.

Send inquiries to Darrel Frost <frost at amnh org>.