You are here
Home » Amphibians » Animalia » Chordata » Amphibia » Anura » Pyxicephalidae Bonaparte, 1850 » Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850 » Aubria Boulenger, 1917 » Aubria subsigillata (Duméril, 1856) -
Amphibians
Aubria subsigillata (Duméril, 1856)
Nomenclature
-
Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae Bonaparte, 1850Genus: Aubria Boulenger, 1917
Species:
Aubria subsigillata (Duméril, 1856)
Reference:
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
West African Brown Frog
Language:
English
Vernacular name:
Brown Ball Frog
Language:
English
SUMMARY
Auguste Duméril, who first described the species as Rana subsigillata in 1856, called it “Grenouille tachetée en dessous,” or “Frog with the speckled underside.” The specific epithet subsigillata comes from Latin sub, under, and sigillatus, ornamented with small marks (Ohler and Kazadi 1990).



