Anaxyrus californicus
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Anaxyrus
Species: Anaxyrus californicus
Name
[edit]Anaxyrus californicus (Camp, 1915)
Type locality: "Santa Paula, 800 feet altitude, Ventura County, California", USA.
Holotype: MVZ 4364.
Note:
[edit]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).
Synonyms
[edit]- Bufo cognatus californicus Camp, 1915
- Bufo californicus — Myers, 1930
- Bufo compactilis californicus — Linsdale, 1940
- Bufo woodhousii californicus — Shannon, 1949
- Bufo microscaphus californicus — Stebbins, 1951
References
[edit]- Camp, Charles L. (1915) Batrachoseps major and Bufo cognatus californicus, new Amphibia from Southern California. University of California publications in zoology 12 (12): 327–334.
- 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 californicus . Accessed on 26 Mar 2008.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Anaxyrus californicus (Endangered)