Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Cryptotis Günther, 1863, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 11: 27. Type species: Cryptotis brevis Günther, 1863, by monotypy. Junior homonym of Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 (Mammalia: Soricidae).

Adelotus Ogilby, 1907, Proc. R. Soc. Queensland, 20: 32. Replacement name for Cryptotis Günther, 1863.

English Names

Tusked Frogs (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 102; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 93).

Distribution

As for the single species.

Comment

Contained taxa

• Adelotus brevis (Günther, 1863)

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