Pseudepidalea
| Pseudepidalea | |
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| Pseudepidalea balearica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Pseudepidalea Frost, et al., 2006 |
| Species | |
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about 16 species; see text. | |
Pseudepidalea is a genus of toads in the family Bufonidae, the true toads. This genus was erected in 2006 and includes several toads previously classified in genus Bufo.[1] It may include the common European green toad (Pseudepidalea viridis), but this is still under debate.[2]
The genus has a wide distribution, with species in Asia, Europe, and North Africa.
There are approximately 16 species.[3]
- Pseudepidalea balearica - (Italy, France)
- Pseudepidalea boulengeri - (Algeria, Egypt, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, Western Sahara)
- Pseudepidalea brongersmai - Brongersma's toad, Tiznit toad (Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara)
- Pseudepidalea latastii - Ladakh toad (northwestern Himalayas of India and Pakistan)
- Pseudepidalea luristanica - (Zagros Mountains of Iran)
- Pseudepidalea oblonga - (Iran, Turkmenistan, possibly Afghanistan)
- Pseudepidalea pewzowi - (China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, possibly Afghanistan)
- Pseudepidalea pseudoraddei - (Pakistan, possibly Afghanistan)
- Pseudepidalea raddei - Mongolian toad, piebald toad, Siberian toad (China, Korea, Mongolia, Russia)
- Pseudepidalea sicula - (Italy)
- Pseudepidalea surda - Iranian earless toad, Iranian toad, Pakistan toad (Iran, Iraq, Pakistan)
- Pseudepidalea turanensis - (Iran, Turkmenistan, possibly Uzbekistan and Afghanistan)
- Pseudepidalea variabilis - (throughout Europe, the Middle East, and beyond)
- Pseudepidalea viridis - European green toad (throughout Europe, the Middle East, and beyond)
- Pseudepidalea zamdaensis - (China)
- Pseudepidalea zugmayeri - (Pakistan)
References
- ↑ Frost, D. R., et al. (2006). The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297 1-291.
- ↑ Speybroeck, J. and P. Crochet. (2007). Species list of the European herpetofauna - a tentative update. NeMys. World Wide Web electronic publication.
- 1 2 Pseudepidalea. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012.2.
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