Bufo americanus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: 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: Neobatrachia
Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: Bufo americanus
Subspecies: B. a. americanus - B. a. charlesmithi

[edit] Name

Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836

Type locality: "vicinity of Philadelphia", USA.

Holotype: Questionably ANSP 2474 .

[edit] Synonyms

• Bufo americanus LeConte in Cuvier, 1831
• Chilophryne americana — Cope, 1862
• Incilius americanus — Cope, 1863
• Bufo copei Yarrow & Henshaw, 1878
• Bufo terrestris americanus — Netting & Goin, 1946
• Bufo terrestris copei — Netting & Goin, 1946
• Bufo terrestris charlesmithi Bragg, 1954
• Bufo americanus — Blair, 1957
• Bufo americanus charlesmithi — Smith, 1961
• Bufo americanus var. alani Long, 1982
• Bufo copei — Sanders, 1987
• Anaxyrus americanus — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006
• Anaxyrus americanus americanus — Frost, McDiarmid & Mendelson, 2008
• Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi — Frost, McDiarmid & Mendelson, 2008

[edit] References

• Holbrook, 1836, N. Am. Herpetol., 1: 75.
• Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 363
• Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C, Cannatella. (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads (Bufo). Evolution 58: 2517–2535.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Bufo americanus . Accessed on 16 July 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN link: Bufo americanus (Least Concern)

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