Leiopelma

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Archaeobatrachia
Familia: Leiopelmatidae
Genus: Leiopelma
Species: L. archeyi - †L. auroraensis - L. hamiltoni - L. hochstetteri - †L. markhami - L. pakeka - †L. waitomoensis

Name

Leiopelma Fitzinger, 1861

Type species: Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger, 1861

References

* Fitzinger, 1861, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 11: 218.
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Leiopelma access date 03 June 2008
* Worthy, T.H. 1987: Osteology of Leiopelma (Amphibia: Leiopelmatidae) and descriptions of three new subfossil Leiopelma species. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 17: 201-251.
* Worthy, T.H. 1987: Paleoecological information concerning members of the frog genus Leiopelma (Leiopelmatidae) in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 17: 409-420.

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: New Zealand Frogs