Firouzophrynus stomaticus

Firouzophrynus stomaticus

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: Firouzophrynus
Species: Firouzophrynus stomaticus

Name

Firouzophrynus stomaticus (Lütken, 1863)

• Syntypes (6): ZMUC R-131136–37.
• Type locality: “ostindiske [=East Indies], restricted to “Assam”, India, by Boulenger (1891: 279).

Combinations

• Bufo stomaticus Lütken, 1863: 305 [original combination]
• Bufo stomaticus stomaticus — Rao, 1920: 126 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]
• Duttaphrynus stomaticus — Van Bocxlaer, Biju, Loader & Bossuyt, 2009: 4 [subsequent combination]
• Firouzophrynus stomaticus — Safaei-Mahroo & Ghaffari, 2020: 20 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Bufo andersonii Boulenger, 1883: 163 [synonymized by Annandale (1909: 284)]
  • Lectotype: BMNH 83.11.26.105. [designated by Balletto, Cherchi & Gasperetti (1985: 341)]
  • Type locality: “Agra district”, “Ajmere” and “Tatta”, restricted to “Ajmere, Rajputana”, India, by Parker (1938: 491).

• Bufo Andersonii Murray, 1884: 401 [synonymized with Bufo andersonii by Boulenger (1885: 17)]
  • Syntypes: Karachi Museum. [presumed lost]
  • Type locality: “Sind (Tatta (ponds) and Joongshai)”, Pakistan.

References

Primary references

• Lütken, C. 1863. Nogle nye Krybdyr og Padder. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn Series 2, 4(20–22): 292–311. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1883. Description of new species of reptiles and batrachians in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5, 12: 161–167. BHL
• Murray, J.A. 1884. The Vertebrate Zoology of Sind: A Systematic Account, with Descriptions of All the Known Species of Mammals, Birds, and reptiles Inhabiting the Province, Observations on Their Habits, & c., Tables of Their Geographical Distribution in Persia, Beloochistan, and Afghanistan, Punjab, North-West Provinces, and the Peninsula of India Generally. Richardson & Co.: London; Education Society's Press: Bombay. BHL
• Parker, H.W. 1938. Reptiles and amphibians from the southern Hejaz. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 11, 1(5): 481–492. DOI: 10.1080/00222933808526793
• Balletto, E., Cherchi, M.A. & Gasperetti, J. 1985. Amphibians of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7: 318–392.
• Van Bocxlaer, I., Biju, S.D., Loader, S.P. & Bossuyt, F. 2009. Toad radiation reveals into-India dispersal as a source of endemism in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: e131. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-131 Reference page. 
• Safaei-Mahroo, B. & Ghaffari, H. 2020. The Complete Guide to Amphibians of Iran: Biology, Ecology, and Conservation. University of Kurdistan Press: Sanandaj, Iran. 331 pp. ISBN 9783899731194 Reference page. 

Links

• Stöck, M., Khan, M.S., Papenfuss, T., Anderson, S., Kuzmin, S., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Dutta, S., Ohler, A., Sengupta, S., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., de Silva, A., Anderson, S. & Sharifi, M. 2009. IUCN: Firouzophrynus stomaticus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T54768A11201081. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T54768A11201081.en

Vernacular names

English: Firouz's Marbled Toad

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