Incilius alvarius

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: Incilius
Species: Incilius alvarius

Name

Incilius alvarius Girard in Baird, 1859

Type locality: "[old] Fort Yuma, Imperial County, California (on the north bank of the Colorado River, opposite its junction with the Gila River", USA.

Syntypes: USNM 2571-72, USNM 2572.

Synonyms

Bufo alvarius Girard in Baird, 1859
Phrynoidis alvarius — Cope, 1862
Cranopsis alvaria — Frost (et al.), 2006
Incilius alvarius — Frost, 2008

References

Girard in Baird, 1859, Rep. U.S-Mex. Bound. Surv., 2(Pt. 2-Rept.): 26.
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, 2008, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 5.2.
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 Incilius alvarius . Accessed on 03 Apr 2008.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Incilius alvarius (Least Concern) (as Bufo alvarius)

Vernacular names

English: Colorado River Toad Sonoran Desert Toad