Amietophrynus

genus of amphibians

Amietophrynus is a large genus of true toads. They live in Africa. At first Amietophrynus species were included in the genus Bufo. They have been split because they are considered different enough.

Amietophrynus
African Common Toad (Amietophrynus regularis)
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Amietophrynus

Frost et al., 2006
Species

See text.

Species change

Binomial Name and Author Common Name(s)
Amietophrynus asmarae (Tandy, Bogart, Largen & Feener, 1982) Asmara Toad
Amietophrynus blanfordii (Boulenger, 1882) Blanford's Toad
Amietophrynus brauni (Nieden, 1911) Braun's Toad, Dead-leaf Toad
Amietophrynus buchneri (Peters, 1882) Buchner's Toad
Amietophrynus camerunensis (Parker, 1936) Oban Toad
Amietophrynus chudeaui (Chabanaud, 1919) Bata Marsh Toad
Amietophrynus cristiglans (Inger & Menzies, 1961) Tingi Hills Toad
Amietophrynus danielae (Perret, 1977) Ivory Coast Toad
Amietophrynus djohongensis (Hulselmans, 1977)
Amietophrynus fuliginatus (Witte, 1932) Shaba Province Toad, Sooty Toad
Amietophrynus funereus (Bocage, 1866) Angola Toad, Somber Toad
Amietophrynus garmani (Meek, 1897) Garman's Toad, Olive Toad, Northern Mottled Toad
Amietophrynus gracilipes (Boulenger, 1899) French Congo Toad
Amietophrynus gutturalis (Power, 1927) Lobatsi Toad, Guttural Toad, Square-marked Toad
Amietophrynus kassasii (Baha El Din, 1993) Damietta Toad
Amietophrynus kerinyagae (Keith, 1968) Keith's Toad
Amietophrynus kisoloensis (Loveridge, 1932) Kisolo Toad
Amietophrynus langanoensis (Largen, Tandy & Tandy, 1978) Lake Langano Toad
Amietophrynus latifrons (Boulenger, 1900) High Tropical Forest Toad
Amietophrynus lemairii (Boulenger, 1901) Pweto Toad, Lemaire's Toad, Yellow Swamp Toad
Amietophrynus maculatus (Hallowell, 1854) Hallowell's Toad, Flat-backed Toad, Striped Toad
Amietophrynus pantherinus (Smith, 1828) Panther Toad, Southern Panther Toad
Amietophrynus pardalis (Hewitt, 1935) Gleniffer Toad, Leopard Toad, August Toad, Snoring Toad
Amietophrynus perreti (Schiøtz, 1963) Perret's Toad
Amietophrynus poweri (Hewitt, 1935) Kimberley Toad, Power's Toad
Amietophrynus rangeri (Hewitt, 1935) Kei Road Toad, Ranger's Toad, Raucous Toad
Amietophrynus reesi (Poynton, 1977) Merera Toad
Amietophrynus regularis (Reuss, 1833) Square-marked Toad, African Toad
Amietophrynus steindachneri (Pfeffer, 1893) Steindachner’s Toad
Amietophrynus superciliaris (Boulenger, 1888) Zaire Toad, Cameroon Toad
Amietophrynus taiensis (Rödel and Ernst, 2000)
Amietophrynus togoensis (Ahl, 1924) Togo Toad
Amietophrynus tuberosus (Günther, 1858) Fernando Po Toad
Amietophrynus turkanae (Tandy & Feener, 1985) Lake Turkana Toad
Amietophrynus urunguensis (Loveridge, 1932) Urungu Toad
Amietophrynus villiersi (Angel, 1940) Villier's Toad
Amietophrynus vittatus (Boulenger, 1906) Banded Toad, Degen's Toad
Amietophrynus xeros (Tandy, Tandy, Keith & Duff-MacKay, 1976) Subsaharan Toad, Waza Toad, Savannah Toad

References change

  • Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006, "The Amphibian Tree of Life", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History no. 297: 1-370. [15 Mar 2006]
  • "Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 - Amietophrynus". Retrieved 2008-04-11.