Spea bombifrons

Spea bombifrons

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: Scaphiopodidae
Genus: Spea
Species: Spea bombifrons

Name

Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863)

Type locality: "Fort Union, on Missouri River, lat. 48° N"; "On Platte River, 200 miles west of Fort Kearney"; "Llano Estacado Texas".

Holotype: USNM 3704 (Fort Union), 3520 (Platte River) & 3703 (Llano Estacado).

Synonyms

• Scaphiopus bombifrons Cope, 1863
• Spea bombifrons — Cope, 1866
• Scaphiopus bombifrons — Boulenger, 1882
• Scaphiopus hammondii bombifrons — Cope, 1889
• Scaphiopus (Spea) bombifrons — Tanner, 1939
• Spea bombifrons — Firschein, 1950

References

• Cope, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 15: 53.
• Firschein, I.L. 1950. A new record of Spea bombifrons from northern Mexico and remarks on the status of the hammondii group of spadefoot anurans. Herpetologica 6(3): 75–77. JSTOR Reference page. 
• 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 Spea bombifrons . Accessed on 13 July 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Spea bombifrons  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 13 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Plains Spadefoot Toad