Anaxyrus debilis

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: Anaxyrus
Species: Anaxyrus debilis
Subspecies: A. d. debilis – A. d. insidior

Name

Anaxyrus debilis (Girard, 1854)

Type locality: "lower part of the valley of the Rio Bravo (Rio Grande del Norte), and in the province [state] of Tamaulipas", Mexico.

Holotype: Syntypes - USNM 2621 (8 specimens).

Note:

The recognition of Anaxyrus as a genus distinct from Bufo is highly controversial, and has not been accepted by many herpetologists working with this group. For a complete phylogeny of the species in this group and their relationships as a subgroup within Bufo, see Pauly et al. (2004).

Synonyms

Bufo debilis Girard, 1854
Bufo insidior Girard, 1854
Bufo debilis insidior — Smith, 1950
Bufo debilis debilis — Smith, 1950
Anaxyrus debilis — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006
Anaxyrus debilis debilis — Frost, McDiarmid & Mendelson, 2008
Anaxyrus debilis insidior — Frost, McDiarmid & Mendelson, 2008

References

Girard, C. (1854) A list of the North American Bufonids, with Diagnoses of New Species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:86-88.
Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C, Cannatella. (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads (Bufo). Evolution 58: 2517–2535.
Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler (2006) The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 363. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Anaxyrus debilis
World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Anaxyrus debilis (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Green Toad
日本語: アメリカミドリヒキガエル