Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 58(3) September 2001 243 OPINION 1983 (Case 3134) Rana cryptotis Boulenger, 1907 (currently Tomoptevna cryptotis; Amphibia, Anura): specific name given precedence over that of Chiromantis kachowskii Nikolsky, 1900 Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy; Amphibia; Anura; ranidae; Chiromantis kachowskii; Tomopterna cryptotis; burrowing frogs; sand frogs; Africa. Ruling (1) Under the plenary power the name cryptotis Boulenger, 1907, as published in the binomen Rana cryptotis, is hereby given precedence over the name kachowskii Nikolsky, 1900, as published in the binomen Chiromantis kachowskii, whenever the two are considered to be synonyms. (2) The following names are hereby placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology: (a) cryptotis Boulenger, 1907, as published in the binomen Rana cryptotis, with the endorsement that it is to be given precedence over the name kachowskii Nikolsky, 1900, as published in the binomen Chiromantis kachowskii, whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms; (b) kachowskii Nikolsky, 1900, as published in the binomen Chiromantis kachowskii, with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over the name cryptotis Boulenger, 1907, as published in the binomen Rana cryptotis, whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms. History of Case 3134 An application for the conservation of the specific name of Rana cryptotis Boulenger, 1907 by giving it precedence over that of Chiromantis kachowskii Nikolsky, 1 900 when the two are treated as synonyms was received from Dr Malcolm J. Largen {Liverpool Museum, Liverpool, U.K.) and Dr Leo J. Borkin (Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia) on 26 February 1999. After correspondence the case was published in BZN 57: 32-35 (March 2000). Notice of the case was sent to appropriate journals. Decision of the Commission On 1 March 2001 the members of the Commission were invited to vote on the proposals published in BZN 57: 34. At the close of the voting period on 1 June 2001 the votes were as follows: Affirmative votes — 18: Alonso-Zarazaga, Bock, Brothers, Calder, Cogger, Eschmeyer, Kerzhner, Kraus, Macpherson, Mahnert, Martins de Souza, Mawatari, Minelli, Nielsen, Papp, Patterson, Rosenberg, Stys Negative votes — 3: Bouchet, Lamas and Ng. No votes were received from Dupuis and Song. Ng commented: 'A change of name from Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907) to T. kachowskii (Nikolsky, 1900) would not appear to have a major impact on
Opinion 1983 (Case 3134). Rana cryptotis Boulenger, 1907 (currently Tomopterna cryptosis; Amphibia, Anura): specific name given precedence over that of Chiromantis kachowskii Nikolsky, 1900
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