Anaxyrus speciosus

Anaxyrus speciosus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Anaxyrus
Species: Anaxyrus speciosus

Name

Anaxyrus speciosus (Girard, 1854)

Type locality: "Brownsville, Cameron County", Texas, USA.

Holotype: Syntypes - USNM 2608, 2610, 2611 and 131559.

Note

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

• Bufo speciosus Girard, 1854
• Bufo spectabilis — Peters, 1874
• Bufo lentiginosus speciosus — Garman, 1884
• Bufo compactilis speciosus — Cope, 1889
• Bufo pliocompactilis Wilson, 1968

References

• Girard, 1854, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 86v.
• 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. 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Anaxyrus speciosus . Accessed on 26 Mar 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Anaxyrus speciosus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Texas Toad, Northern Sonora Toad