Breviceps mossambicus

Breviceps mossambicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Brevicipitidae
Genus: Breviceps
Species: Breviceps mossambicus

Name

Breviceps mossambicus Peters, 1854

Type locality: "Insula Mossambique, Sena".

Syntypes: ZMB 3554 (3 specimens).

Synonyms

• Engystoma granosum Cuvier, 1829
• Bufo (Engystoma) granosus Cuvier, 1829
• Breviceps mossambicus Peters, 1854
• Systoma granosum — Parker, 1868
• Breviceps mossambicus var. mossambicus — Werner, 1903
• Breviceps mitchelli Hoffman, 1944

References

• Carman, J.B. 1967: The carotid labyrinth in the anuran Breviceps mossambicus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology, 10(1): 1–15. Reference page. 
• Peters, 1854, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1854: 628.
• Hoffman, 1944, Soöl. Navors. Nas. Mus. Bloemfontein, 1: 182.
• 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 Breviceps mossambicus . Accessed on 17 May 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Breviceps mossambicus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 17 May 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mozambique Short-headed Frog