Anaxyrus woodhousii

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: Anaxyrus
Species: Anaxyrus woodhousii
Subspecies: A. w. australis – A. w. woodhousii

Name

Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854)

Type locality: "San Francisco Mountain, New Mexico (i.e. Arizona)", USA.

Note:

The recognition of Anaxyrus as a genus distinct from Bufo is highly controversial, and has not been accepted by many herpetologists working with this group. For a complete phylogeny of the species in this group and their relationships as a subgroup within Bufo, see Pauly et al. (2004).

Holotype: USNM 2531.

Synonyms

Bufo dorsalis Hallowell, 1852
Bufo woodhousii Girard, 1854
Incilius woodhousei — Cope, 1863
Bufo frontosus Cope, 1867
Bufo lentiginosus frontosus — Cope, 1875
Bufo lentiginosus var. frontosus — Yarrow, 1875
Bufo lentiginosus var. woodhousei — Yarrow, 1875
Bufo aduncus Cope, 1889
Bufo lentiginosus woodhousei — Cope, 1889
Bufo woodhousii woodhousii — Smith, 1934
Bufo compactilis woodhousii — Linsdale, 1940
Bufo woodhousii velatus Bragg & Sanders, 1951
Bufo woodhousei bexarensis Mecham, 1959
Bufo velatus — Sanders, 1986
Bufo antecessor Sanders, 1987
Bufo planiorum Sanders, 1987
Bufo woodhousii velatus — Collins, 1997
Anaxyrus woodhousii — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006
Anaxyrus woodhousii australis — Frost, McDiarmid & Mendelson, 2008
Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii — Frost, McDiarmid & Mendelson, 2008

References

Girard, 1854, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 86.
Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C, Cannatella. (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads (Bufo). Evolution 58: 2517–2535.
Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 363
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Anaxyrus woodhousii
World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Anaxyrus woodhousii (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Woodhouse's Toad