Bufo japonicus formosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neobatrachia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Neobatrachia

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: Bufo japonicus
Subspecies: Bufo japonicus formosus

Name

Bufo japonicus formosus Boulenger, 1883

Type locality: Yokohama, Japan.

Syntypes: BMNH (2 specimens), by original designation.

Synonyms

• Bufo formosus Boulenger, 1883
• Bufo vulgaris formosus — Okada, 1931
• Bufo bufo formosus — Matsui, 1980
• Bufo japonicus formosus — Matsui, 1984
• Bufo (Bufo) japonicus formosus — Dubois and Bour, 2010

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1883: Description of a new species of Bufo from Japan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1883: 139-140.
• Okada, Y. 1931: The Tailless Batrachians of the Japanese Empire. Tokyo: Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station.

• Dubois, A. & R. Bour. 2010: The nomenclatural status of the nomina of amphibians and reptiles created by Garsault (1764), with a parsimonious solution to an old nomenclatural problem regarding the genus Bufo (Amphibia, Anura), comments on the taxonomy of this genus, and comments on some nomina created by Laurenti (1768). Zootaxa, 2447: 1-52.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Bufo japonicus formosus . Accessed on 10 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN link: Bufo japonicus formosus (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Toad
日本語: ニホンヒキガエル