Amietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Maluti River Frog (Amietia vertebralis) in Lesotho. Species of amphibian.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Amietia vertebralis, also known as Maluti river frog, aquatic river frog, ice frog, large-mouthed frog, or water frog, is a species of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is an aquatic high-altitude species found in Lesotho and neighbouring South Africa.
Wikipedia contributors, Amietia vertebralis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:06:22.162279+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927)
- Name authority
- (Hewitt, 1927)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pyxicephalidae
- Genus
- Amietia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyPyxicephalidae Bonaparte, 1850
- subfamilyCacosterninae Noble, 1931
- genusAmietia Dubois, 1987
- speciesAmietia vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Amietia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amietia nutti (Boulenger, 1896) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia fuscigula (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia poyntoni Channing & Baptista, 2013 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia delalandii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia inyangae (Poynton, 1966) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia tenuoplicata (Pickersgill, 2007) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia chapini (Noble, 1924) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia angolensis (Barboza du Bocage, 1866) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia moyerorum Channing, Dehling, Lötters & Ernst, 2016 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amietia desaegeri (Laurent, 1972) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rana umbraculata Bush, 1952 Bush, 1952 | synonym |
| Rana vertebralis Hewitt, 1927 Hewitt, 1927 | synonym |
| Amietia umbraculata (Bush, 1952) (Bush, 1952) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=664875 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:CSB4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.