Vandijkophrynus robinsoni

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: Vandijkophrynus
Species: Vandijkophrynus robinsoni

Name

Vandijkophrynus robinsoni (Branch & Braack, 1996)

Type locality: "Paradise Gorge (28° 19´ 45 S, 17° 00´ 15 E; 2817 AC, alt. 466 m a.s.l.) in the northern foothills of the Vandersterberg, Richtersveld National Park, Cape Province, South Africa. The type locality is a series of about eight small, spring-fed freshwater pools (all less than 15 sq. m. in surface area) in a narrow gorge cutting through quartzite.".

Holotype: PEM A2492.

Synonyms

• Bufo robinsoni Branch and Braack, 1996
• Vandijkophrynus robinsoni — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

References

• Branch and Braack, 1996 "1995", Madoqua, 19: 15.
• 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 Vandijkophrynus robinsoni . Accessed on 09 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Vandijkophrynus robinsoni  (Least Concern) (as Bufo robinsoni)

Vernacular names

English: Paradise Toad