Breviceps
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Anura |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Brevicipitidae
Genus: Breviceps
Species (20):
B. acutirostris –
B. adspersus –
B. bagginsi –
B. branchi –
B. carruthersi –
B. fichus –
B. fuscus –
B. gibbosus –
B. macrops –
B. montanus –
B. mossambicus –
B. namaquensis –
B. ombelanonga –
B. passmorei –
B. pentheri –
B. poweri –
B. rosei –
B. sopranus –
B. sylvestris –
B. verrucosus
Name
[edit]- Type species: Rana gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
Synonyms
[edit]- Engystoma Fitzinger, 1826: 39
- Type species: Rana gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.
- Systoma Wagler, 1830: 205
- Type species: Breviceps gibbosus Merrem, 1820, in error (= Rana gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758), by monotypy.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Minter, L.R., Netherlands, E.C. & Du Preez, L.H. 2017. Uncovering a hidden diversity: two new species of Breviceps (Anura: Brevicipitidae) from northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Zootaxa 4300(2): 195–216. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.2.3. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- Nielsen, S.V., Daniels, S.R., Conradie, W., Heinicke, M.P. & Noonan, B.P. 2018. Multilocus phylogenetics in a widespread African anuran lineage (Brevicipitidae: Breviceps) reveals patterns of diversity reflecting geoclimatic change. Journal of Biogeography 45(9): 2067–2079. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13394 Reference page.
- Nielsen, S.V., Conradie, W., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bauer, A.M., Heinicke, M.P., Stanley, E.L. & Blackburn, D.C. 2020. A new species of Rain Frog (Brevicipitidae, Breviceps) endemic to Angola. ZooKeys 979: 133–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.979.56863 Reference page.
- Heinicke, M.P., Beidoun, M.H., Nielsen, S.V. & Bauer, A.M. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of “Breviceps adspersus” documents Breviceps passmorei Minter et al., 2017 in Limpopo, South Africa. Herpetology Notes 14: 397–406. PDF Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Breviceps access date 17 May 2008
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Rain Frogs