Sclerophrys
Sign in to saveSclerophrys is a genus of "true toads", family Bufonidae, native to Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Originally, all of these species were classified in the genus Bufo. The genus, originally named Amietophrynus, was split due to large enough taxonomic divergence. Ohler and Dubois showed in 2016 that Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 is the same species as Bufo regularis rangeri Hewitt, 1935, the type species of Amietophrynus. Because the former name is older, the implication is that Amietophrynus is a junior synonym of Sclerophrys.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Sclerophrys is referenced by 52 other articles, and connects out to Bufonidae, African giant toad and Sclerophrys regularis.
It is catalogued under topics including Amphibian genera, Amphibians of Africa and Amphibians of Asia.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyBufonidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 96
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Collections
- ROM, BYU, UF, KU
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa, Gabon, Guinea, Ghana, The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
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- taxon name
- Sclerophrys
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon synonym
- Amietophrynus
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- Sclerophrys
- topic's main category
- Category:Sclerophrys
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Sclerophrys is a genus of "true toads", family Bufonidae, native to Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Originally, all of these species were classified in the genus Bufo. The genus, originally named Amietophrynus, was split due to large enough taxonomic divergence. Ohler and Dubois showed in 2016 that Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 is the same species as Bufo regularis rangeri Hewitt, 1935, the type species of Amietophrynus. Because the former name is older, the implication is that Amietophrynus is a junior synonym of Sclerophrys.
==Species== The following species are recognized in the genus Sclerophrys.
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