Sclerophrys pusilla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Sclerophrys
Species: Sclerophrys pusilla

Name

Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937: 17)

Type locality: "Leteba-Camp, [Kruger National Park,] Gr. Letaba-River, Ost Transvaal", Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Holotype: SMF 22247.

Synonyms

• Bufo regularis pusillus Mertens, 1937
• Bufo pusillus — Pienaar, 1963
• Bufo latifrons savannae Inger, 1968
• Bufo maculatus pusillus — Hulselmans, 1970
• Sclerophrys pusilla — Poynton, Loader, Conradie, Rödel & Liedtke, 2016

References

Primary references

• Mertens, R. 1937. Reptilien und Amphibien aus dem südlichen Inner-Afrika. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main 435: 1–23. [original description: p. 17]
• Poynton, J.C., Loader, S.P., Conradie, W., Rödel, M-C. & Liedtke, H.C. 2016. Designation and description of a neotype of Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854), and reinstatement of S. pusilla (Mertens, 1937) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 4098(1): 73–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.3 Reference page.  [comb. nov.]

Vernacular names

English: Merten's Striped Toad