Sclerophrys superciliaris

Sclerophrys superciliaris

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: Bufonidae
Genus: Sclerophrys
Species: Sclerophrys superciliaris

Name

Sclerophrys superciliaris (Boulenger, 1888: 565)

Type locality: "Rio del Rey, Cameroons", Africa.

Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.21.41-49 (formerly 87.12.21.10-18).

Synonyms

• Bufo superciliaris Boulenger, 1888
• Bufo laevissimus Werner, 1897
• Bufo superciliosus — Werner, 1897
• Bufo Chevalieri Mocquard, 1908
• Amietophrynus superciliaris — Frost et al., 2006 [comb. nov. Ohler​ & Dubois, 2016]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1888 "1887". List of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. H. H. Jonston on the Rio del Rey, Cameroons District, W. Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 564–565. [original description: p. 565]
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page.  [comb. nov.]
• Ohler, A. & Dubois, A. 2016. The identity of the South African toad Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura). PeerJ 4: e1553. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1553 Reference page.  [comb. nov.]

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Sclerophrys superciliaris . Accessed on 25 Mar 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Sclerophrys superciliaris  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Cameroon Toad