Anaxyrus punctatus
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Anaxyrus
Species: Anaxyrus punctatus
Name[edit]
Anaxyrus punctatus (Baird & Girard, 1852)
Type locality: "Rio San Pedro [Devil's River] of the Rio Grande Del Norte", Val Verde County, Texas, USA.
Holotype: Syntypes - USNM; USNM 2618 (3 specimens).
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The recognition of Anaxyrus as a genus distinct from Bufo is highly controversial, and has not been accepted by many herpetologists working with this group. For a complete phylogeny of the species in this group and their relationships as a subgroup within Bufo, see Pauly et al. (2004).
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References[edit]
- Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Third Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 173. BHL Reference page.
- 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, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Anaxyrus punctatus . Accessed on 26 Mar 2008.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Anaxyrus punctatus (Least Concern)