Biology:Tomopterna
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
| Tomopterna | |
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| Tandy's sand frog (Tomopterna tandyi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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]
- Tomopterna ahli (Deckert, 1938)
- Tomopterna branchi Wilson and Channing, 2019
- Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907) — common sand frog
- Tomopterna delalandii (Tschudi, 1838) — Delalande's sand frog
- Tomopterna elegans (Calabresi, 1927)[3]
- Tomopterna gallmanni Wasonga & Channing, 2013[4]
- Tomopterna kachowskii Nikolskii, 1900[3]
- Tomopterna krugerensis Passmore & Carruthers, 1975 — knocking sand frog
- Tomopterna luganga Channing, Moyer & Dawood, 2004
- Tomopterna marmorata (Peters, 1854) — marbled sand frog
- Tomopterna milletihorsini (Angel, 1922)
- Tomopterna monticola (Fischer, 1884)
- Tomopterna natalensis (Smith, 1849) — Natal sand frog
- Tomopterna tandyi Channing & Bogart, 1996 — Tandy's sand frog
- Tomopterna tuberculosa (Boulenger, 1882) — rough sand frog
- Tomopterna wambensis Wasonga & Channing, 2013[4]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 3.0 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.
- ↑ 4.0 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2308468 entry
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