Werneria

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Werneria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Werneria Poche, 1903
Species
6 species; see table.

Werneria (Smalltongue Toads) is a genus of true toads endemic to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.

[edit] Species

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
Werneria bambutensis (Amiet, 1972)	Bamboutos Smalltongue Toad
Werneria iboundji Rödel, Schmitz, Pauwels & Böhme, 2004
Werneria mertensiana Amiet, 1976	Mertens' Smalltongue Toad
Werneria preussi (Matschie, 1893)	Buea Smalltongue Toad
Werneria submontana Rödel, Schmitz, Pauwels & Böhme, 2004
Werneria tandyi (Amiet, 1972)	Tandy's Smalltongue Toad

[edit] References

• Mark-Oliver Rödel, Andreas Schmitz, Olivier S.G. Pauwels, & Wolfgang Böhme, 2004 Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) Zootaxa 720: 1–28 [1]

[edit] External Links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Werneria. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 08, 2008).
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Werneria. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 08, 2008).
• eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Werneria at http://www.eol.org.
• ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Werneria at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: May 08, 2008).
• GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Werneria at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm