Staurois

Staurois
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Amphibia
Subclass:	Lissamphibia
Order:	Anura
Suborder:	Neobatrachia
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Staurois Cope, 1865
Species
4-5, and see text

Staurois is a small genus of true frogs. They occur from Borneo via Palawan to the Philippines.

This genus is a quite ancient member of the true frog family, Ranidae.

Selected species

The Staurois natator complex is in need of revision.

• 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

References

• Diesmos, A.; Alcala, A.; Brown, R.; Afuang, L.; Gee, G.; Inger, R.; Stuebing, R.; Das, I.; Yambun, P. & Lakim, M. (2004). Staurois natator. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 23 July 2007.
• Matsui, Masafumi; Mohamed, Maryati; Shimada, Tomohiko & Sudin, Ahmad (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)
• Stuart, Bryan L. (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)