Cranopsis
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Cranopsis Cope 1875 (for an anuran) is a junior homonym of Cranopsis Adams 1860 (for a mollusk) and Cranopsis Dall 1871 (for a branchiopod). The name was very briefly resurrected for a subgroup of toads (Bufo) by Frost et al. (2006a). However, Frost et al. (2006b) noted that this was a mistake, since Cranopsis was preoccupied, and they proposed Ollotis Cope 1975 as a replacement. Unfortunately, Ollotis is a subjective junior synonym of Incilius Cope 1863. Some herpetologists are retaining the use of Bufo at this time (e.g., following Pauly et al., 2004) as the valid name for this group of toads.
For a list of species formerly in Cranopsis, see Bufo.
[edit] References
- Frost, Darrel et al. (2006a). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 364.
- Frost, Darrel et al. (2006b). "Ollotis Cope, 1875 is the oldest name for the genus currently referred to as Cranopsis Cope, 1875 (Anura: Hyloides: Bufonidae).". Copeia 2006: 558. doi:.
- 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.
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