Oreophrynella

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Oreophrynella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Oreophrynella Boulenger, 1895
Species
8 species; see table.

Oreophrynella (Bush Toads) is a genus of true toads native to south-central Venezuela and adjacent Guyana.

[edit] Species

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
Oreophrynella cryptica Señaris, 1995
Oreophrynella dendronastes Lathrop and MacCulloch, 2007
Oreophrynella huberi Diego-Aransay and Gorzula, 1990	Bolivar Bush Toad
Oreophrynella macconnelli Boulenger, 1900	MacConnell's Bush Toad
Oreophrynella nigra Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994
Oreophrynella quelchii Boulenger, 1895	Roraima Bush Toad
Oreophrynella vasquezi Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1994
Oreophrynella weiassipuensis Señaris, DoNascimento, and Villarreal, 2005

[edit] External Links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Oreophrynella. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 01, 2008).
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Oreophrynella. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 01, 2008).
• eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Oreophrynella at http://www.eol.org.
• ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Oreophrynella at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: May 01, 2008).
• GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Oreophrynella at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm