Amietophrynus facts for kids
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| African Common Toad (Amietophrynus regularis) | |
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Amietophrynus
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Amietophrynus is a large genus of true toads. They live in Africa. At first Amietophrynus species were included in the genus Bufo. They have been split because they are considered different enough.
Species
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| Amietophrynus asmarae (Tandy, Bogart, Largen & Feener, 1982) | Asmara Toad |
| Amietophrynus blanfordii (Boulenger, 1882) | Blanford's Toad |
| Amietophrynus brauni (Nieden, 1911) | Braun's Toad, Dead-leaf Toad |
| Amietophrynus buchneri (Peters, 1882) | Buchner's Toad |
| Amietophrynus camerunensis (Parker, 1936) | Oban Toad |
| Amietophrynus chudeaui (Chabanaud, 1919) | Bata Marsh Toad |
| Amietophrynus cristiglans (Inger & Menzies, 1961) | Tingi Hills Toad |
| Amietophrynus danielae (Perret, 1977) | Ivory Coast Toad |
| Amietophrynus djohongensis (Hulselmans, 1977) | |
| Amietophrynus fuliginatus (Witte, 1932) | Shaba Province Toad, Sooty Toad |
| Amietophrynus funereus (Bocage, 1866) | Angola Toad, Somber Toad |
| Amietophrynus garmani (Meek, 1897) | Garman's Toad, Olive Toad, Northern Mottled Toad |
| Amietophrynus gracilipes (Boulenger, 1899) | French Congo Toad |
| Amietophrynus gutturalis (Power, 1927) | Lobatsi Toad, Guttural Toad, Square-marked Toad |
| Amietophrynus kassasii (Baha El Din, 1993) | Damietta Toad |
| Amietophrynus kerinyagae (Keith, 1968) | Keith's Toad |
| Amietophrynus kisoloensis (Loveridge, 1932) | Kisolo Toad |
| Amietophrynus langanoensis (Largen, Tandy & Tandy, 1978) | Lake Langano Toad |
| Amietophrynus latifrons (Boulenger, 1900) | High Tropical Forest Toad |
| Amietophrynus lemairii (Boulenger, 1901) | Pweto Toad, Lemaire's Toad, Yellow Swamp Toad |
| Amietophrynus maculatus (Hallowell, 1854) | Hallowell's Toad, Flat-backed Toad, Striped Toad |
| Amietophrynus pantherinus (Smith, 1828) | Panther Toad, Southern Panther Toad |
| Amietophrynus pardalis (Hewitt, 1935) | Gleniffer Toad, Leopard Toad, August Toad, Snoring Toad |
| Amietophrynus perreti (Schiøtz, 1963) | Perret's Toad |
| Amietophrynus poweri (Hewitt, 1935) | Kimberley Toad, Power's Toad |
| Amietophrynus rangeri (Hewitt, 1935) | Kei Road Toad, Ranger's Toad, Raucous Toad |
| Amietophrynus reesi (Poynton, 1977) | Merera Toad |
| Amietophrynus regularis (Reuss, 1833) | Square-marked Toad, African Toad |
| Amietophrynus steindachneri (Pfeffer, 1893) | Steindachner’s Toad |
| Amietophrynus superciliaris (Boulenger, 1888) | Zaire Toad, Cameroon Toad |
| Amietophrynus taiensis (Rödel and Ernst, 2000) | |
| Amietophrynus togoensis (Ahl, 1924) | Togo Toad |
| Amietophrynus tuberosus (Günther, 1858) | Fernando Po Toad |
| Amietophrynus turkanae (Tandy & Feener, 1985) | Lake Turkana Toad |
| Amietophrynus urunguensis (Loveridge, 1932) | Urungu Toad |
| Amietophrynus villiersi (Angel, 1940) | Villier's Toad |
| Amietophrynus vittatus (Boulenger, 1906) | Banded Toad, Degen's Toad |
| Amietophrynus xeros (Tandy, Tandy, Keith & Duff-MacKay, 1976) | Subsaharan Toad, Waza Toad, Savannah Toad |
- 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., 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 no. 297: 1-370. [15 Mar 2006]
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