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 Amphibian Species of the World - Phrynobatrachus natalensis (Smith, 1849)
Secondary homonym of Stenorhynchus natalensis Smith, 1849, according to (and synonymy by) Günther, 1865 "1864", Proc.
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1921, Anonymous, 1999, Bull.
Types: not stated but presumed to be ANSP.
research.amnh.org /herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=15292

  
 How animals are given scientific names
At the 17th Congress of Zoology in Monaco, responsibility for future Codes was transferred from the International Zoological Congresses to the International Union of Biological Sciences.
The Commission of Zoological Nomenclature decide that an available name is never to be used as a valid name despite the fact that it might be a senior synonym or homonym.
Hugh Strickland presented a Code of nomenclature to the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Charles Darwin was on its committee).
www.museums.org.za /bio/animal_nomenclature.htm   (3011 words)

  
 Nomenclatural Glossary for Zoology - Thomson Scientific
with reference to a name previously rejected as being a junior secondary homonym: to treat it as a valid name if the conditions of Article 59.4 are met.
In zoological works genus-group names cited in binomial names of species are often abbreviated to one or two letters, which should always be followed by a full stop, and not used on the first mention of a name; similarly for specific names cited in trinomial names of subspecies.
A nomen nudum is not an available name, and therefore the same name may be made available later for the same or a different concept; in such a case it would take authorship and date [Articles 50, 21] from that act of establishment, not from any earlier publication as a nomen nudum.
scientific.thomson.com /support/products/zr/zoological-glossary   (7319 words)

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