Breviceps

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Breviceps
The Cape Rain Frog, Breviceps gibbosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Order: Anura
Family: Brevicipitidae
Genus: Breviceps
Merrem, 1820
Species

See text.

Breviceps is a genus of frogs in the Brevicipitidae family. They are commonly known as Rain Frogs.[1][2]

Species

The genus contains 16 or 17 species; in Amphibian Species of the World B. maculatus is synonymous to B. verrucosus, while AmphibiaWeb considers it as a valid taxon.[1][2]

  • Breviceps acutirostris Poynton, 1963
  • Breviceps adspersus Peters, 1882
  • Breviceps bagginsi Minter, 2003
  • Breviceps branchi Channing, 2012
  • Breviceps fichus Channing and Minter, 2004
  • Breviceps fuscus Hewitt, 1925
  • Breviceps gibbosus (L., 1758)
  • Breviceps macrops Boulenger, 1907
  • Breviceps montanus Power, 1926
  • Breviceps mossambicus Peters, 1854
  • Breviceps namaquensis Power, 1926, the Namaqua Rain Frog
  • Breviceps poweri Parker, 1934
  • Breviceps rosei Power, 1926
  • Breviceps sopranus Minter, 2003
  • Breviceps sylvestris FitzSimons, 1930
  • Breviceps verrucosus Rapp, 1842

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2013. Berkeley, California: Brevicipitidae. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 30 November 2013).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Names assigned to genus Breviceps". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.6 (9 January 2013). Retrieved 30 November 2013. 
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