Names with citations in year 1979

Class: Amphibia
- Order: Anura
  - Family: Alsodidae
    - Genus: Alsodes
      - Species: Alsodes tumultuosus Veloso, Iturra-Constant, and Galleguillos-G., 1979
  - Family: Alytidae
    - Genus: Alytes Wagler, 1830
      - Synonym: Baleaphryne Sanchíz and Adrover, 1979
      - Species: Alytes muletensis (Sanchíz and Adrover, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Baleaphryne muletensis Sanchíz and Adrover, 1979
  - Family: Bufonidae
    - Genus: Bufotes
      - Species: Bufotes oblongus (Nikolskii, 1896)
        
        Synonym: Bufo danatensis danatensis — Pisanets and Shcherbak, 1979
        
        Synonym: Bufo viridis asiomontanus Pisanets and Shcherbak, 1979
      - Species: Bufotes pseudoraddei (Mertens, 1971)
        
        Synonym: Bufo danatensis pseudoraddei — Pisanets and Shcherbak, 1979
      - Species: Bufotes variabilis (Pallas, 1769)
        
        Synonym: Bufo kavirensis Andrén and Nilson, 1979
    - Genus: Melanophryniscus
      - Species: Melanophryniscus cambaraensis Braun and Braun, 1979
    - Genus: Mertensophryne Tihen, 1960
      - Synonym: Stephopaedes Channing, 1979
      - Species: Mertensophryne anotis (Boulenger, 1907)
        
        Synonym: Stephopaedes anotis — Channing, 1979
    - Genus: Nimbaphrynoides
      - Species: Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis (Angel, 1943)
        
        Synonym: Nectophrynoides liberiensis Xavier, 1979
    - Genus: Rhinella
      - Species: Rhinella nesiotes (Duellman and Toft, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Bufo nesiotes Duellman and Toft, 1979
  - Family: Centrolenidae
    - Subfamily: Centroleninae
      - Genus: Nymphargus
        
        Species: Nymphargus mariae (Duellman and Toft, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Centrolenella mariae Duellman and Toft, 1979
  - Family: Ceratobatrachidae
    - Genus: Platymantis
      - Species: Platymantis magnus Brown and Menzies, 1979
  - Family: Craugastoridae
    - Genus: Dischidodactylus Lynch, 1979
      - Species: Dischidodactylus duidensis (Rivero, 1968)
        
        Synonym: Dischidodactylus duidensis — Lynch, 1979
    - Subfamily: Craugastorinae
      - Genus: Craugastor
        
        Species: Craugastor rayo (Savage and DeWeese, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus rayo Savage and DeWeese, 1979
    - Subfamily: Pristimantinae
      - Genus: Pristimantis
        
        Species: Pristimantis actites (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus actites Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis atratus (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus atratus Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis balionotus (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus balionotus Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis baryecuus (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus baryecuus Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis bromeliaceus (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus bromeliaceus Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis colodactylus (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus colodactylus Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis cryophilius (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus cryophilius Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis cryptomelas (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus cryptomelas Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis loustes (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus loustes Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis orestes (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus orestes Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis percultus (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus percultus Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis phoxocephalus (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus phoxocephalus Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis proserpens (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus proserpens Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis pycnodermis (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus pycnodermis Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis ruidus (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus ruidus Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis spinosus (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus spinosus Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis supernatis (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus supernatis Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis versicolor (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus versicolor Lynch, 1979
        
        Species: Pristimantis vidua (Lynch, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Eleutherodactylus vidua Lynch, 1979
  - Family: Cycloramphidae Bonaparte, 1850
    - Synonym: Cycloramphinae — Ardila-Robayo, 1979
    - Synonym: Grypiscinae — Ardila-Robayo, 1979
  - Family: Dendrobatidae Cope, 1865
    - Synonym: Phyllobatinae — Ardila-Robayo, 1979
    - Subfamily: Colostethinae
      - Genus: Ameerega
        
        Species: Ameerega silverstonei (Myers and Daly, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Dendrobates silverstonei Myers and Daly, 1979
    - Subfamily: Dendrobatinae Cope, 1865
      - Synonym: Phyllobatinae — Ardila-Robayo, 1979
  - Family: Dicroglossidae
    - Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
      - Genus: Allopaa
        
        Species: Allopaa hazarensis (Dubois and Khan, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Rana (Paa) hazarensis Dubois and Khan, 1979
      - Genus: Quasipaa
        
        Species: Quasipaa exilispinosa (Liu and Hu, 1975)
        
        Synonym: Rana (Paa) exilispinosa — Dubois, 1979
      - Genus: Zakerana
        
        Species: Zakerana murthii (Pillai, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Rana murthii Pillai, 1979
    - Subfamily: Occidozyginae
      - Genus: Occidozyga
        
        Species: Occidozyga magnapustulosa (Taylor and Elbel, 1958)
        
        Synonym: Ooeidozyga magnapustulosa — Matsui, 1979
  - Family: Eleutherodactylidae
    - Subfamily: Eleutherodactylinae
      - Genus: Eleutherodactylus
        
        Species: Eleutherodactylus grahami Schwartz, 1979
  - Family: Hylidae
    - Subfamily: Hylinae
      - Genus: Bokermannohyla
        
        Species: Bokermannohyla izecksohni (Jim and Caramaschi, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Hyla izecksohni Jim and Caramaschi, 1979
      - Genus: Scinax
        
        Species: Scinax trilineatus (Hoogmoed and Gorzula, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Ololygon trilineata Hoogmoed and Gorzula, 1979
    - Subfamily: Pelodryadinae
      - Genus: Litoria
        
        Species: Litoria cavernicola Tyler and Davies, 1979
        
        Species: Litoria lorica Davies and McDonald, 1979
        
        Species: Litoria tyleri Martin, Watson, Gartside, Littlejohn, and Loftus-Hills, 1979
    - Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae
      - Genus: Phyllomedusa
        
        Species: Phyllomedusa baltea Duellman and Toft, 1979
  - Family: Hylodidae Günther, 1858
    - Synonym: Elosiini — Ardila-Robayo, 1979
    - Genus: Hylodes
      - Species: Hylodes regius Gouvêa, 1979
  - Family: Hyperoliidae
    - Genus: Hyperolius
      - Species: Hyperolius kuligae Mertens, 1940
        
        Synonym: Hyperolius kuligae — Amiet, 1979
      - Species: Hyperolius langi Noble, 1924
        
        Synonym: Hyperolius langi — Amiet, 1979
      - Species: Hyperolius robustus Laurent, 1979
      - Species: Hyperolius sankuruensis Laurent, 1979
  - Family: Leptodactylidae
    - Subfamily: Leiuperinae
      - Genus: Engystomops
        
        Species: Engystomops pustulosus (Cope, 1864)
        
        Synonym: Physalaemus pustulosus ruthveni — Hoogmoed and Gorzula, 1979
    - Subfamily: Leptodactylinae
      - Genus: Leptodactylus
        
        Species: Leptodactylus flavopictus Lutz, 1926
        
        Synonym: Leptodactylus flavopictus — Heyer, 1979
  - Family: Limnodynastidae
    - Genus: Limnodynastes Fitzinger, 1843
      - Synonym: Megistolotis Tyler, Martin, and Davies, 1979
      - Species: Limnodynastes lignarius (Tyler, Martin, and Davies, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Megistolotis lignarius Tyler, Martin, and Davies, 1979
    - Genus: Platyplectrum
      - Species: Platyplectrum ornatum (Gray, 1842)
        
        Synonym: Platyplectron ornatus — Cogger, 1979
      - Species: Platyplectrum spenceri (Parker, 1940)
        
        Synonym: Platyplectron spenceri — Cogger, 1979
  - Family: Mantellidae
    - Subfamily: Boophinae
      - Genus: Boophis
        
        Species: Boophis albilabris (Boulenger, 1888)
        
        Synonym: Boophis albilabris — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis goudotii Tschudi, 1838
        
        Synonym: Boophis hyloides — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Synonym: Boophis untersteini — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis guibei (McCarthy, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Boophis granulosus — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis idae (Steindachner, 1867)
        
        Synonym: Boophis hillenii Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Synonym: Boophis idae — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis majori (Boulenger, 1896)
        
        Synonym: Boophis majori — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis mandraka Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis microtympanum (Boettger, 1881)
        
        Synonym: Boophis microympanum — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis miniatus (Mocquard, 1902)
        
        Synonym: Boophis miniatus — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis pauliani (Guibé, 1953)
        
        Synonym: Boophis pauliani — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis rappiodes (Ahl, 1928)
        
        Synonym: Boophis rappiodes — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis reticulatus Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis rhodoscelis (Boulenger, 1882)
        
        Synonym: Boophis rhodoscelis — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis tephraeomystax (Duméril, 1853)
        
        Synonym: Boophis tephraeomystax — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Boophis viridis Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
    - Subfamily: Mantellinae
      - Genus: Blommersia
        
        Species: Blommersia blommersae (Guibé, 1975)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus blommersae — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Blommersia domerguei (Guibé, 1974)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus domerguei — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
      - Genus: Gephyromantis
        
        Species: Gephyromantis boulengeri Methuen, 1920
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus boulengeri — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Gephyromantis eiselti Guibé, 1975
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus eiselti — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
      - Genus: Guibemantis
        
        Species: Guibemantis bicalcaratus (Boettger, 1913)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus bicalcaratus — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Guibemantis flavobrunneus (Blommers-Schlösser, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus flavobrunneus Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Guibemantis liber (Peracca, 1893)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus liber — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Guibemantis pulcher (Boulenger, 1882)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus pulcher — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
        
        Species: Guibemantis punctatus (Blommers-Schlösser, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus punctatus Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
      - Genus: Spinomantis
        
        Species: Spinomantis aglavei (Methuen and Hewitt, 1913)
        
        Synonym: Mantidactylus aglavei — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
  - Family: Megophryidae
    - Genus: Oreolalax Myers and Leviton, 1962
      - Synonym: Scutiger (Oreolalax) — Dubois, 1979
      - Species: Oreolalax liangbeiensis Liu and Fei, 1979
      - Species: Oreolalax lichuanensis Hu and Fei, 1979
      - Species: Oreolalax puxiongensis Liu and Fei, 1979
      - Species: Oreolalax rhodostigmatus Hu and Fei, 1979
    - Genus: Scutiger
      - Species: Scutiger adungensis Dubois, 1979
      - Species: Scutiger gongshanensis Yang and Su, 1979
      - Species: Scutiger tuberculatus Liu and Fei, 1979
  - Family: Microhylidae
    - Subfamily: Asterophryinae
      - Genus: Cophixalus
        
        Species: Cophixalus concinnus Tyler, 1979
        
        Species: Cophixalus kaindiensis Zweifel, 1979
    - Subfamily: Microhylinae
      - Genus: Microhyla
        
        Species: Microhyla perparva Inger and Frogner, 1979
        
        Species: Microhyla petrigena Inger and Frogner, 1979
  - Family: Phrynobatrachidae
    - Genus: Phrynobatrachus
      - Species: Phrynobatrachus mababiensis FitzSimons, 1932
        
        Synonym: Phrynobatrachus mababiensis — Passmore and Carruthers, 1979
  - Family: Pipidae
    - Genus: Xenopus
      - Species: Xenopus wittei Tinsley, Kobel, and Fischberg, 1979
  - Family: Ptychadenidae
    - Genus: Ptychadena
      - Species: Ptychadena bibroni (Hallowell, 1845)
        
        Synonym: Ptychadena mascareniensis bibroni — Perret, 1979
  - Family: Pyxicephalidae
    - Subfamily: Cacosterninae
      - Genus: Strongylopus
        
        Species: Strongylopus bonaespei (Dubois, 1981)
        
        Synonym: Rana montana — Greig, Boycott, and de Villiers, 1979
        
        Synonym: Strongylopus montanus — Channing, 1979
        
        Species: Strongylopus grayii (Smith, 1849)
        
        Synonym: Rana grayii grayii — Passmore and Carruthers, 1979
      - Genus: Tomopterna
        
        Species: Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907)
        
        Synonym: Tomopterna cryptotis — Passmore and Carruthers, 1979
  - Family: Ranidae
    - Genus: Glandirana
      - Species: Glandirana minima (Ting and T'sai, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Rana minimus Ting and T'sai, 1979
    - Genus: Lithobates
      - Species: Lithobates chiricahuensis (Platz and Mecham, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Rana chiricahuensis Platz and Mecham, 1979
    - Genus: Rana
      - Species: Rana dybowskii Günther, 1876
        
        Synonym: Rana dybowskii — Sengoku, 1979
  - Family: Rhacophoridae
    - Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
      - Genus: Raorchestes
        
        Species: Raorchestes longchuanensis (Yang and Li, 1978)
        
        Synonym: Philautus longchuanensis Yang and Li, 1979
  - Family: Telmatobiidae
    - Genus: Telmatobius
      - Species: Telmatobius cirrhacelis Trueb, 1979
- Order: Caudata
  - Family: Hynobiidae
    - Genus: Hynobius
      - Species: Hynobius kimurae Dunn, 1923
        
        Synonym: Hynobius kimurae —Matsui, 1979
      - Species: Hynobius tokyoensis Tago, 1931
        
        Synonym: Hynobius tokyoensis — Okouchi, 1979
    - Genus: Paradactylodon
      - Species: Paradactylodon gorganensis (Clergue-Gazeau and Thorn, 1979)
        
        Synonym: Batrachuperus gorganensis Clergue-Gazeau and Thorn, 1979
  - Family: Plethodontidae
    - Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae
      - Genus: Batrachoseps
        
        Species: Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode, and Wake, 1979
    - Subfamily: Plethodontinae
      - Genus: Plethodon
        
        Species: Plethodon fourchensis Duncan and Highton, 1979
        
        Species: Plethodon hubrichti Thurow, 1957
        
        Synonym: Plethodon hubrichti — Highton and Larson, 1979
        
        Species: Plethodon idahoensis Slater and Slipp, 1940
        
        Synonym: Plethodon idahoensis — Highton and Larson, 1979
        
        Species: Plethodon shenandoah Highton and Worthington, 1967
        
        Synonym: Plethodon shenandoah — Highton and Larson, 1979
        
        Species: Plethodon websteri Highton, 1979
  - Family: Salamandridae
    - Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
      - Genus: Cynops
        
        Species: Cynops cyanurus Liu, Hu, and Yang, 1962
        
        Synonym: Cynops cyanurus yunnanensis Yang, 1979
- Order: Gymnophiona
  - Family: Ichthyophiidae Taylor, 1968
    - Synonym: Uraeotyphlinae Nussbaum, 1979
  - Family: Siphonopidae
    - Genus: Microcaecilia
      - Species: Microcaecilia taylori Nussbaum and Hoogmoed, 1979

Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Names with citations in year 1979