Pyxicephalus
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Anura |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamilia: Pyxicephalinae
Genus: Pyxicephalus
Species (5):
P. angusticeps –
P. adspersus –
P. beytelli –
P. edulis –
P. obbianus
Name
[edit]Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838: 46
- Type species: Pyxicephalus adspersus Tschudi, 1838, by subsequent designation of Fitzinger (1843: 32).
Synonyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Tschudi, J. J. von. 1838. Classification der Batrachier mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien. Petitpierre: Neuchâtel. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- 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
[edit]English: African Bullfrogs