Breviceps

Breviceps gibbosus

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 (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

Breviceps Merrem, 1820: 177

• Type species: Rana gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• 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

Primary references

• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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

• Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Breviceps access date 17 May 2008

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Regenfrösche
English: Rain Frogs

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