Vandijkophrynus amatolicus

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: Vandijkophrynus
Species: Vandijkophrynus amatolicus

Name

Vandijkophrynus amatolicus (Hewitt, 1925)

Type locality: "Amatola Range, near Hogsback, . . . . on the summit of the range at about 5,500 feet", Cape Province, Rep. South Africa.

Holotype: Syntypes - 13 specimens including AMG 4044, 4922.

Synonyms

• Bufo angusticeps amatolica Hewitt, 1925
• Bufo amatolica — Hewitt, 1926
• Bufo amatolicus — Frost, 1985
• Vandijkophrynus amatolicus — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006

References

• Hewitt, 1925, Rec. Albany Mus., 3: 360.
• 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 Vandijkophrynus amatolicus . Accessed on 09 Apr 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Vandijkophrynus amatolicus  (Endangered) (as Bufo amatolicus)

Vernacular names

English: Amatola Toad