Bufo siculus

Bufotes siculus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species: Bufo siculus

Name

Bufo siculus Stöck, Sicilia, Belfiore, Buckley, Lo Brutto, Lo Valvo & Arculeo, 2008 Type locality: "Monte Pellegrino reserve (38.170 N, 13.351 E), Palermo, Sicily, Italy".

Holotype: MRSNT 2008 - P215.

Synonyms

• Pseudepidalea sicula

if one recognizes the opinionated splitting of the genus Bufo by Frost et al. (2006)

References

• Stöck, Sicilia, Belfiore, Buckley, Lo Brutto, Lo Valvo, and Arculeo, 2008, Post-Messinian evolutionary relationships across the Sicilian channel: Mitochondrial and nuclear markers link a new green toad from Sicily to African relatives BMC Evol. Biol: 56: 8 Free download: https://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/56.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Bufo siculus Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Sicilian green toad