Pseudepidalea

Pseudepidalea
Pseudepidalea balearica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Pseudepidalea
Frost, et al., 2006
Species

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]

Species include:[3][4]

  • 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

  1. ↑ Frost, D. R., et al. (2006). The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297 1-291.
  2. ↑ Speybroeck, J. and P. Crochet. (2007). Species list of the European herpetofauna - a tentative update. NeMys. World Wide Web electronic publication.
  3. 1 2 Pseudepidalea. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012.2.
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