Biology:Tomopterna

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Short description: Genus of amphibians

Tomopterna
Tomopterna tandyi02.jpg
Tandy's sand frog (Tomopterna tandyi)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Cacosterninae
Genus: Tomopterna
Duméril & Bibron, 1841
Type species
Pyxicephalus delalandii
Tschudi, 1838

Tomopterna (common names: sand frogs, burrowing frogs, Old World bullfrogs) is a genus of frogs from sub-Saharan Africa.[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Tomopterna:[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Tomopterna Duméril and Bibron, 1841". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Pyxicephalidae/Cacosterninae/Tomopterna. Retrieved 3 May 2014. 
  2. "Pyxicephalidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Pyxicephalidae.shtml. Retrieved 3 May 2014. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Zimkus, B.M. & Larson, J.G. (2011). "Examination of the molecular relationships of sand frogs (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna) and resurrection of two species from the Horn of Africa." Zootaxa 2933: 27-45.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wasonga, D.V. & Channing, A. (2013). "Identification of sand frogs (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna) from Kenya with the description of two new species." Zootaxa 3734 (2):221–240.

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