Sclerophrys villiersi

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 villiersi

Name

Sclerophrys villiersi (Angel, 1940: 238)

Type locality: "Djuttitsa (Monts Bamboutos); alt. 2.000 mètres", Cameroun.

Holotype: MNHNP 1939.130.

Synonyms

• Bufo villiersi Angel, 1940
• Amietophrynus villiersi — Frost et al., 2006
• Sclerophrys villiersi — Ohler​ & Dubois, 2016

References

Primary references

• Angel, F. 1940. Description de trois amphibiens nouveaux de Caméroun. Materiaux de la Mission P. Lepesme, R. Paulian et A. Villiers (2e note). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (A) Serie 2, 12: 238–243. [original description: p. 238]
• 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 villiersi . Accessed on 25 Mar 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Sclerophrys villiersi  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Villiers' Toad