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Names with citations in year 1856

  • Class: Amphibia Gray, 1825
    • Synonym: Dipnoa Stannius, 1856
    • Order: Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
      • Synonym: Aglossa Stannius, 1856
      • Synonym: Anura Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
      • Synonym: Batrachia Stannius, 1856
      • Synonym: Phaneroglossa Stannius, 1856
      • Family: Arthroleptidae
        • Subfamily: Leptopelinae
          • Genus: Leptopelis
            • Species: Leptopelis aubryi (Duméril, 1856)
              • Synonym: Hyla aubryi Duméril, 1856
      • Family: Brevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850
        • Synonym: Systomata Stannius, 1856
      • Family: Bufonidae
        • Genus: Atelopus Duméril and Bibron, 1841
          • Synonym: Phrynidium Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
          • Species: Atelopus cruciger (Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856)
            • Synonym: Phrynidium crucigerum Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
          • Species: Atelopus varius (Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856)
            • Synonym: Atelopus varius Stannius, 1856
            • Synonym: Phrynidium varium var. adspersum Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
            • Synonym: Phrynidium varium var. maculatum Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
            • Synonym: Phrynidium varium Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
      • Family: Dicroglossidae
        • Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
          • Genus: Fejervarya
            • Incertae Sedis: Rana altilabris Blyth, 1856
          • Genus: Limnonectes
            • Species: Limnonectes blythii (Boulenger, 1920)
              • Synonym: Rana fusca Blyth, 1856
      • Family: Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815
        • Synonym: Hyloidea — Stannius, 1856
        • Subfamily: Hylinae Rafinesque, 1815
          • Synonym: Hyloidea — Stannius, 1856
          • Genus: Dendropsophus
            • Species: Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (Beireis, 1783)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Hyla) leucophyllata — Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Dendropsophus seniculus (Cope, 1868)
              • Synonym: Hyla marmorata Burmeister, 1856
          • Genus: Hyla
            • Species: Hyla gratiosa LeConte, 1856
          • Genus: Hypsiboas Wagler, 1830
            • Synonym: Centrotelma Burmeister, 1856
            • Synonym: Hylomedusa Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas albomarginatus (Spix, 1824)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Centrotelma) infulata — Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas albopunctatus (Spix, 1824)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Hyla) boans — Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas boans (Linnaeus, 1758)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Hylomedusa) palmata — Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas crepitans (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Hylomedusa) crepitans — Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas geographicus (Spix, 1824)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Centrotelma) geographica — Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas lundii (Burmeister, 1856)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Centrotelma) Lundii Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas pardalis (Spix, 1824)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Lophopus) corticalis Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas prasinus (Burmeister, 1856)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Hyla) prasina Burmeister, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas pulchellus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
              • Synonym: Hyla albovittata Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
            • Species: Hypsiboas punctatus (Schneider, 1799)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Hyla) punctata — Burmeister, 1856
          • Genus: Itapotihyla
            • Species: Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Centrotelma) langsdorfii — Burmeister, 1856
          • Genus: Phyllodytes
            • Species: Phyllodytes luteolus (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Hyla) luteola — Burmeister, 1856
          • Genus: Scinax
            • Species: Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768)
              • Synonym: Hyla (Hyla) rubra — Burmeister, 1856
      • Family: Hyperoliidae
        • Genus: Hyperolius
          • Species: Hyperolius concolor (Hallowell, 1844)
            • Synonym: Euchnemis modestus Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
      • Family: Leptodactylidae
        • Subfamily: Leiuperinae
          • Genus: Physalaemus
            • Species: Physalaemus olfersii (Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856)
              • Synonym: Phryniscus olfersii Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
      • Family: Microhylidae
        • Subfamily: Gastrophryninae
          • Genus: Gastrophryne
            • Species: Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)
              • Synonym: Engystoma olivaceum Hallowell, 1856
        • Subfamily: Microhylinae
          • Genus: Calluella
            • Species: Calluella guttulata (Blyth, 1856)
              • Synonym: Megalophrys guttulata Blyth, 1856
          • Genus: Kaloula
            • Species: Kaloula baleata (Müller, 1836)
              • Synonym: Hylaedactylus balteatus var. concatenata Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
              • Synonym: Hylaedactylus balteatus — Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
          • Genus: Microhyla
            • Species: Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856)
              • Synonym: Engystoma (?) berdmorei Blyth, 1856
      • Family: Pelobatidae Bonaparte, 1850
        • Synonym: Pelobatoidea — Stannius, 1856
        • Synonym: Pelobatoidei — Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
      • Family: Pyxicephalidae
        • Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae
          • Genus: Aubria
            • Species: Aubria subsigillata (Duméril, 1856)
              • Synonym: Rana subsigillata Duméril, 1856
      • Family: Ranidae
        • Genus: Hylarana
          • Species: Hylarana albolabris (Hallowell, 1856)
            • Synonym: Hyla albolabris Hallowell, 1856
          • Species: Hylarana chalconota (Schlegel, 1837)
            • Synonym: Polypedates junghunii Bleeker, 1856
          • Species: Hylarana nigrovittata (Blyth, 1856)
            • Synonym: Lymnodytes nigrovittatus Blyth, 1856
        • Genus: Lithobates
          • Species: Lithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1886)
            • Synonym: Rana oxyrhynchus Hallowell, 1856
        • Genus: Odorrana
          • Species: Odorrana livida (Blyth, 1856)
            • Synonym: Polypedates lividus Blyth, 1856
      • Family: Rhacophoridae
        • Subfamily: Buergeriinae
          • Genus: Buergeria
            • Species: Buergeria buergeri (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)
              • Synonym: Hyla mackloti Schlegel, 1856
        • Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
          • Genus: Pseudophilautus
            • Species: Pseudophilautus leucorhinus (Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856)
              • Synonym: Ixalus leucorhinus Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
            • Species: Pseudophilautus schmarda (Kelaart, 1854)
              • Synonym: Ixalus poecilopleurus Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
    • Order: Caudata Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
      • Synonym: Derotremata Stannius, 1856
      • Synonym: Menobranchia Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
      • Synonym: Myctodera Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
      • Synonym: Myctodera Stannius, 1856
      • Synonym: Perennibranchiata Stannius, 1856
      • Synonym: Trematodera Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
      • Synonym: Urodela Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
      • Synonym: Urodela Stannius, 1856
      • Family: Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850
        • Synonym: Acholotida Stannius, 1856
        • Synonym: Ambystomidae Hallowell, 1856
        • Genus: Ambystoma
          • Species: Ambystoma laterale Hallowell, 1856
      • Family: Plethodontidae
        • Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae Hallowell, 1856
          • Synonym: Bolitoglossidae Hallowell, 1856
          • Synonym: Hemidactylidae Hallowell, 1856
          • Genus: Bolitoglossa
            • Species: Bolitoglossa mexicana Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854
              • Synonym: Spelerpes mexicana — Hallowell, 1856
          • Genus: Eurycea
            • Species: Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)
              • Synonym: Spelerpes (Cylindrosoma) bilineata — Hallowell, 1856
            • Species: Eurycea guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838)
              • Synonym: Spelerpes gutto-lineata — Hallowell, 1856
          • Genus: Gyrinophilus
            • Species: Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green, 1827)
              • Synonym: Amblystoma porphyriticum — Hallowell, 1856
          • Genus: Pseudotriton
            • Species: Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850
              • Synonym: Pseudotriton flavissimus Hallowell, 1856
          • Genus: Stereochilus
            • Species: Stereochilus marginatus (Hallowell, 1856)
              • Synonym: Pseudotriton marginatus Hallowell, 1856
        • Subfamily: Plethodontinae
          • Genus: Desmognathus
            • Species: Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)
              • Synonym: Plethodon niger — Hallowell, 1856
            • Species: Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Holbrook, 1840)
              • Synonym: Plethodon quadrimaculatus — Hallowell, 1856
          • Genus: Ensatina Gray, 1850
            • Synonym: Heredia Girard, 1856
            • Species: Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850
              • Synonym: Heredia oregonensis Girard, 1856
      • Family: Proteidae
        • Genus: Necturus
          • Species: Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)
            • Synonym: Proteus canadensis Hodgkins, 1856
      • Family: Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820
        • Synonym: Pleurodelidae — Hallowell, 1856
        • Synonym: Seiranotidae — Hallowell, 1856
        • Synonym: Tritonidae — Hallowell, 1856
        • Subfamily: Pleurodelinae Tschudi, 1838
          • Synonym: Seiranotidae — Hallowell, 1856
          • Synonym: Tritonidae — Hallowell, 1856
          • Genus: Notophthalmus Rafinesque, 1820
            • Synonym: Diemyctylus — Hallowell, 1856
            • Species: Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)
              • Synonym: Diemyctylus viridescens — Hallowell, 1856
        • Subfamily: Salamandrininae Fitzinger, 1843
          • Synonym: Seiranotidae — Hallowell, 1856
      • Family: Sirenidae Gray, 1825
        • Synonym: Trachystomata Stannius, 1856
    • Order: Gymnophiona Müller, 1832
      • Synonym: Ophiosoma Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856
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