Pyxicephalus

Pyxicephalus adspersus

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: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Pyxicephalinae
Genus: Pyxicephalus
Species (5): P. angusticeps – P. adspersus – P. beytelli – P. edulis – P. obbianus

Name

Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838: 46

• Type species: Pyxicephalus adspersus Tschudi, 1838, by subsequent designation of Fitzinger (1843: 32).

Synonyms

• Maltzania Boettger, 1881: 417
  • Type species: Maltzania bufonia Boettger, 1881, by monotypy.
• Phrynopsis Pfeffer, 1893: 101
  • Type species: Phrynopsis boulengerii Pfeffer, 1893, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Tschudi, J. J. von. 1838. Classification der Batrachier mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien. Petitpierre: Neuchâtel. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Scott, E., Visser, J.D., Yetman, C.A., Oliver, L. & Broadley, D.G. 2013. Revalidation of Pyxicephalus angusticeps Parry, 1982 (Anura: Natatanura: Pyxicephalidae), a bullfrog endemic to the lowlands of eastern Africa. Zootaxa 3599(3): 201–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.3.1 Reference page. 
• Du Preez, L.H., Netherlands, E.C., Rödel, M.-O. & Channing, A. 2024. A new bullfrog from southern Africa (Pyxicephalidae, Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838). African Journal of Herpetology 73(1): 61–89. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2023.2296654 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: African Bullfrogs

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