Staurois

Taxobox
name = "Staurois"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Amphibia
subclassis = Lissamphibia
ordo = Anura
subordo = Neobatrachia
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Staurois"
genus_authority = Cope, 1865
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 4-5, and see text

"Staurois" is a small genus of true frogs. They occur from Borneo via Palawan to the Philippines. [Matsui "et al." (2007)]

This genus is a quite ancient member of the true frog family, Ranidae. [Stuart (2008)]

elected species

The "Staurois natator" complex is in need of revision. [Diesmos "et al." (2004)]
* "Staurois latopalmatus"
* "Staurois natator"
* "Staurois nubilus" (Mocquard, 1890) - often included in "S. natator"
* "Staurois parvus" Inger & Haile, 1960 - sometimes included in "S. tuberilinguis"
* "Staurois tuberilinguis"

Footnotes

References

*|year=2004|id=58762|title=Staurois natator|downloaded=23 July 2007
* (2007): Resurrection of "Staurois parvus" from "S. tuberilinguis" from Borneo (Amphibia, Ranidae). "Zool. Sci." 24(1): 101–106. doi|10.2108/zsj.24.101 (HTML abstract)
* (2008): The phylogenetic problem of "Huia" (Amphibia: Ranidae). "Mol. Phylogenet. Evol." 46(1): 49-60. doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.016 (HTMl abstract)