Incilius alvarius

Incilius alvarius

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Incilius
Species: Incilius alvarius

Name

Incilius alvarius (Girard in Baird, 1859)

Type locality: "[old] Fort Yuma, Imperial County, California (on the north bank of the Colorado River, opposite its junction with the Gila River", USA.

Syntypes: USNM 2571-72, USNM 2572.

Synonyms

• Bufo alvarius Girard in Baird, 1859
• Phrynoidis alvarius — Cope, 1862
• Cranopsis alvaria — Frost (et al.), 2006
• Incilius alvarius — Frost, 2008

References

• Girard in Baird, 1859, Rep. U.S-Mex. Bound. Surv., 2(Pt. 2-Rept.): 26.
• 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, 2008, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 5.2.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2014. 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. Incilius alvarius . Accessed on 03 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Incilius alvarius (Least Concern) (as Bufo alvarius)

Vernacular names

English: Colorado River Toad Sonoran Desert Toad